Role of tissue (type 2) transglutaminase in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis

S FORMING THE BASIS OF THIS WORK 1. Sárdy M, Kárpáti S. Comparison of a tissue transglutaminase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with the endomysium antibody test in the diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 113:448. IF: 4.903 2. Preisz K, Kárpáti S, Sárdy M, Zágoni T, Horváth A. Codistribution of tissue trans-glutaminase and tissue-bound IgA in jejunum of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 115(3):580. IF: 4.539 3. Sárdy M, Csikós M, Geisen C, Preisz K, Tomsits E, Töx U, Wieslander J, Kárpáti S, Paulsson M, Smyth N. Tissue transglutaminase (TGc) is a minor antigen in autoimmune disease independent of gluten sensitive enteropathy. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:779. IF: 4.539 (2000) * In 2000, our research group won the scientific award of the GermanHungarian Dermatological Society with this article. PUBLICATIONS ON THE TG RESEARCH BEING IN INDIRECT CONNECTION WITH THIS WORK 1. Sárdy M, Kárpáti S, Merkl B, Paulsson M, Smyth N. Epidermal transglutaminase (TGase 3) is the autoantigen of dermatitis herpetiformis. J Exp Med 2002; 195:747-57. IF: 15.236 (2000) 2. Becker K, Csikós M, Sárdy M, Szalai Zs, Horváth A, Kárpáti S. Identification of two novel nonsense mutations in the transglutaminase 1 gene in a Hungarian patient with congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. Exp Dermatol. In press. IF: 2.434 (2000)