Molecular diagnosis of anti-laminin 332 (epiligrin) mucous membrane pemphigoid

A case of mucous membrane pemphigoid involving the trachea and bronchus with autoantibodies to β3 subunit of laminin-332.

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Introduction Identifying risk factors for leprosy reactions can preempt clinicians to initiate prompt treatment to prevent associated morbidities. Thus, a retrospective study was done to elucidate the risk factors among 44 newly diagnosed leprosy patients in Sarawak General Hospital from 1993 to 2007. Materials and methods Case folders were searched for demographic data, clinical characteristic...

Ocular involvement in anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid.

PURPOSE To report an anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid (AECP) patient with severe ocular involvement and to provide a practical approach to distinguishing AECP patients from those with other subepidermal blistering diseases. METHODS Techniques included direct and indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, Western blot and immunoprecipitation studies, as well as interdisciplinary examinations...

Prevalence and clinical significance of anti-laminin 332 autoantibodies detected by a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in mucous membrane pemphigoid.

IMPORTANCE A rare variant of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is characterized by circulating anti-laminin 332 (Lam332) autoantibodies and seems to be associated with concurrent malignant neoplasms. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-Lam332 autoantibody detection from a large series of patients with MMP. DESIGN Multicenter retrospective study. SETTING ...

Anti-p200 pemphigoid (anti-laminin-γ1 pemphigoid) demonstrating pathergy

Anti-p200 pemphigoid, also called anti-laminin-γ1 pemphigoid, is a recently defined entity. First reported in 1996, the incidence is relatively rare, with approximately 70 reports in the literature. Clinical presentation is heterogeneous, but the disease most commonly mimics bullous pemphigoid with urticarial papules, plaques, or tense bullae on the trunk or extremities. Described here is a cas...