Colocalization of mucosal vitiligo and oral pemphigus vulgaris

MUCOSAL DISEASES SERIES Number II Pemphigus vulgaris

Pemphigus is a group of potentially life-threatening autoimmune diseases characterized by cutaneous and/or mucosal blistering. Pemphigus vulgaris (PV), the most common variant, is characterized by circulating IgG antibodies directed against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), with about half the patients also having Dsg1 autoantibodies.There is a fairly strong genetic background to pemphigus with linkage to H...

Oral pemphigus vulgaris after Chilean earthquake

Unit of Histology and Embryology, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca, Chile, Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory CNPEM, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Unit of Oral Pathology, Depar...

Mucosal pemphigus vulgaris anti-Dsg3 IgG are pathogenic to the oral mucosa of humanized Dsg3 mice

Mucosal pemphigus vulgaris anti-Dsg3 IgG is pathogenic to the oral mucosa of humanized Dsg3 mice.

There are two major clinical subsets of pemphigus vulgaris (PV)-mucosal PV (mPV) and mucocutaneous PV (mcPV). The mPV subset exhibits anti-human desmoglein (Dsg) 3 autoantibodies that fail to recognize murine Dsg3 (mDsg3); thus, passive transfer experiments of mPV IgG into wild-type (WT) mice have been unsuccessful at inducing disease. We therefore generated a fully humanized Dsg3 (hDSG3) murin...

Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Foliaceus

The word “pemphigus” is derived from the Greek term "pemphix” meaning bubble or blister. Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune diseases (see Table 4) characterized by intra-epithelial blistering, resulting in superficial vesicles or bullae that easily rupture, resulting in ulceration of mucosal and/or cutaneous sites. Although rare, pemphigus causes significant morbidity and potential mortality fo...