Skip to the main content

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, Vol. 27 No. 1, 2019.

Review article

Detection of IgG autoantibodies against desmocollin–3 in Greek patients with pemphigus

Parthena Meltzanidou ; 1. 2nd Dermatology Department, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 2. Department of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. & Interscience Molecular Onco
Aikaterini Patsatsi orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-2001 ; 2nd Dermatology Department, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Aikaterini Kyriakou orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-8512 ; 2nd Dermatology Department, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Katerina Vareli ; 2. Department of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. & Interscience Molecular Oncology Laboratory (iMol), University of Ioannina Cancer Biobank Center (UICBC), Ioannina, Greece.
Alexandros Lambropoulos ; 3. Molecular Biology Laboratory, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Full text: english PDF 102 Kb

page 8-8

downloads: 296

cite

Abstract

Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disorder caused by autoantibodies against desmosomal cadherins. The most common clinical forms are pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF). Among the numerous proteins that are considered responsible for the cohesion of keratinocytes in epidermis, desmocollin-3 (Dsc-3) has been initially reported to participate in epidermal blistering in mice. There have been reports in which autoantibodies against Dsc-3 have been detected. In PV, a limited number of studies found no presence of IgG or IgA autoantibodies against Dsc-3. In this study we examined sera from Greek patients with PV and PF for the presence of IgG autoantibodies against Dsc-3. Immunoblotting for the detection of autoantibodies against Dsc-3 was performed in sera from all cases. Dsc-3 autoantibodies were not detected in either group (PV and PF). Our results confirm the hypothesis that the pathogenic role of Dsc-3 in epidermal blistering in PV and PF remains controversial.

 

Keywords

Hrčak ID:

219582

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/219582

Publication date:

25.4.2019.

Visits: 965 *