Emanuele Cozzani, Giovanni Di Zenzo, Giulia Gasparini, Adele Salemme, Arianna Fay Agnoletti, Camilla Vassallo, Marzia Caproni, Emiliano Antiga, Angelo V Marzano, Riccardo Cavalli, Corrado Ocella, Clara de Simone, Aurora Parodi
Linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD) is characterized by presence of multiple IgA autoantibodies, and a comparatively lesser number of IgG antibodies, directed against different hemidesmosomal antigens. The main autoantigens are LAD-1, LABD-97, BP180 and BP230, type VII collagen and laminin 332. We retrospectively studied the serology of 54 Italian patients with LABD using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunoblotting assay, and indirect immunofluorescence on monkey oesophagus and salt-split skin...
February 3, 2020: Acta Dermato-venereologica