Diagnostic Tests > Immunofluorescence and Antigen
Immunofluorescence and Antigen
Disease:
Antigen:
Intraepidermal:
SPD (“classic”)??
(-)
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