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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
The pathogenic role of pemphigus autoantibodies and proteinases in epidermal acantholysis has been studied in organ cultures of normal human skin. Dose-dependent acantholysis occurred in skin explants cultured in medium containing 2-30 mg/ml of gamma-globulin from pemphigus serum. Acantholysis was not seen in explants cultured with 2 mg/ml pemphigus gamma-globulin although antibody binding to the epidermis was observed. Some degenerative changes in addition to acantholysis were present when 30 mg/ml pemphigus gamma-globulin was added to the medium. The addition of N,ethylmaleimide(NEM) and ethylene diamine tetraacetate(EDTA) prevented binding of pemphigus antibody to epidermis in culture. Soybean trypsin inhibitor and pepstatin had no effect on binding of pemphigus antibody to the epidermis but they did inhibit acantholysis in vitro. Our results suggest that pemphigus-induced acantholysis may be caused by at least 2 different types of enzyme.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
The pathogenic role of pemphigus antibodies and proteinase in epidermal acantholysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro