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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Following brief exposure of cryostat sections of human skin to the action of proteolytic enzymes (papain or trypsin), there was a pronounced increase in the antibody binding sites of the basement membrane zone, shown in indirect immunofluorescence by an increased intensity in fluorescence of the basement membrane zone as compared with preparations which had not previously undergone incubation, and by an increase of 5-6 (papain) or 4-5 (trypsin) titre dilution steps. This effect was practically absent when guinea-pig tongue was used as the antigenic substrate. In conjunction with findings published in the literature, our results can be interpreted as indicating that the activation of the basement membrane zone antigens by proteolytic enzymes is associated with an increase in antigenicity which results in the formation of "auto-antibodies" of the basement membrane zone antibody type.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
The activation of antigens of the basement membrane zone by proteolytic enzymes in vitro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article