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Autoimmune Bullous Diseases

Braun-Falco´s Dermatology

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Abstract

Bullous autoimmune dermatoses are the result of an autoantibody-driven immune response against structural proteins of the skin. The cause of autoantibody formation is largely unknown. Three disease groups of bullous autoimmune dermatoses are distinguished, which differ clearly in pathogenesis and clinical picture, although they all typically manifest themselves with inflammatory blisters of the skin: Pemphigus and pemphigoid diseases as well as dermatitis herpertiformis Duhring. In pemphigus diseases, autoantibodies are formed against desmosomal adhesion proteins that mediate epidermal cell-cell contact. This leads to intraepidermal blister formation. In contrast, in pemphigoid diseases the blisters are subepidermal and are caused by autoantibodies against hemidesmosomal structural proteins or anchoring fibrils of the dermo-epidermal junction zone with subsequent recruitment of granulocytes into the skin.

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  1. Clinic for Dermatology, Allergology and Venerology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    Christian Sadik & Detlef Zillikens

  2. Centre for Skin Diseases, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Sadik, C., Zillikens, D., Hertl, M. (2020). Autoimmune Bullous Diseases. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_49-1

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