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Immunofluorescence and Antigen

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Disease:

 

Antigen:

 

 

 

Intraepidermal:

 

 

 

 

 

SPD (“classic”)??

IgA variant??

 

(-)

desmocollins 1&2

 

 

 

Pemphigus

 

 

(all variants except…)

 

 

 

 

 

IgA pemphigus

 

 

 

 

 

Paraneoplastic pemphigus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subepidermal:

 

 

 

 

 

bullous pemphigoid

 

BP1 (230kd), BP2 (180kd)

 

 

 

EBA

 

collagen VII (290kd)

 

 

 

cicatricial pemphigoid

 

variable

 

 

 

herpes gestationis

 

BP 2 (180kd)

 

 

 

dermatitis herpetiformis

 

smooth muscle cell endomysium

 

 

 

Linear IgA

 

variable:

roof = 97kd (part of BP2)

floor = type VII collagen

 

 

 

 

 

Bullous SLE

 

type VII collagen

 

 

 

 

Indirect Immunofluorescence titers correlate with disease activity in PV but not in BP