The role of complement in experimental bullous pemphigoid.

Induction of Pemphigus in Neonatal Mice by Passive Transfer of IgG from Patients with the Disease

1982 • 667 citations

A passive transfer model of the organ-specific autoimmune disease, bullous pemphigoid, using antibodies generated against the hemidesmosomal antigen, BP180.

1993 • 583 citations

Cloning and Primary Structural Analysis of the Bullous Pemphigoid Autoantigen BP180

1992 • 570 citations

Molecular heterogeneity of the bullous pemphigoid antigens as detected by immunoblotting.

1986 • 521 citations

Basement Zone Antibodies in Bullous Pemphigoid

1967 • 479 citations

PEMPHIGUS

1953 • 428 citations

Bullous pemphigoid and herpes gestationis autoantibodies recognize a common non-collagenous site on the BP180 ectodomain.

1993 • 390 citations

Isolation of a human epidermal cDNA corresponding to the 180-kD autoantigen recognized by bullous pemphigoid and herpes gestationis sera. Immunolocalization of this protein to the hemidesmosome.

1990 • 371 citations

Isolation of complementary DNA for bullous pemphigoid antigen by use of patients' autoantibodies.

1988 • 369 citations

Two Anticomplementary Factors in Cobra Venom: Hemolysis of Guinea Pig Erythrocytes by One of Them

1969 • 301 citations

A Pool of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen(s) Is Intracellular and Associated with the Basal Cell Cytoskeleton-Hemidesmosome Complex

1985 • 250 citations

Evidence for Complement Activation via the Alternate Pathway in Skin Diseases I HERPES GESTATIONIS, SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, AND BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID

1973 • 242 citations

92-kD gelatinase is produced by eosinophils at the site of blister formation in bullous pemphigoid and cleaves the extracellular domain of recombinant 180-kD bullous pemphigoid autoantigen.

1994 • 211 citations

Brazilian Pemphigus Foliaceus Autoantibodies Are Pathogenic to BALB/c Mice by Passive Transfer

1985 • 199 citations

Herpes gestationis: Clinical and histologic features of twenty-eight cases

1983 • 198 citations

Herpes gestationis. Immunopathology and characterization of the HG factor.

1976 • 187 citations

Cloning of type XVII collagen. Complementary and genomic DNA sequences of mouse 180-kilodalton bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2) predict an interrupted collagenous domain, a transmembrane segment, and unusual features in the 5‘-end of the gene and the 3‘-untranslated region of the mRNA.

1993 • 175 citations

Herpes gestationis autoantibodies recognize a 180-kD human epidermal antigen.

1988 • 168 citations

Cytoplasmic Domain of the 180-kD Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen, a Hemidesmosomal Component: Molecular and Cell Biologic Characterization

1992 • 155 citations

The immunopathology of herpes gestationis. Immunofluorescence studies and characterization of "HG factor".

1976 • 147 citations

HD4, a 180 kDa Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen, Is a Major Transmembrane Glycoprotein of the Hemidesmosome1

1993 • 145 citations

Production of Rabbit Antibodies Against Carboxy-Terminal Epitopes Encoded by Bullous Pemphigoid cDNA

1990 • 144 citations

Identification of two collagen domains within the bullous pemphigoid autoantigen, BP180.

1991 • 139 citations

Immunopathologic Mechanisms in Pemphigus and Bullous Pemphigoid

1985 • 118 citations

Mechanism of lesion production in pemphigus and pemphigoid

1982 • 105 citations

Basement zone antibodies in bullous pemphigoid

1967 • 102 citations

The Complement System in Bullous Pemphigoid. I. COMPLEMENT AND COMPONENT LEVELS IN SERA AND BLISTER FLUIDS

1973 • 101 citations

An Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor Present in Blister Fluids of Bullous Pemphigoid Patients

1976 • 97 citations

The complement system in bullous pemphigoid

1975 • 97 citations

The Distribution of IgG Subclasses in Pemphigoid Gestationis: PG Factor is an IgG1 Autoantibody.

1989 • 78 citations

Ultrastructural Localization Of In Vivo-Bound Complement In Bullous Pemphigoid

1975 • 61 citations

cDNA cloning of a novel human ubiquitin carrier protein. An antigenic domain specifically recognized by endemic pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies is encoded in a secondary reading frame of this human epidermal transcript.

1992 • 61 citations

Complement Activation In Bullous Skin Diseases

1975 • 60 citations

Studies in vivo of cobra factor and murine C3.

1975 • 54 citations

Failure to Transfer Bullous Pemphigoid with Serum from Patients

1971 • 53 citations

IgG on mouse erythrocytes augments activation of the human alternative complement pathway by enhancing deposition of C3b.

1981 • 48 citations

Leukocyte Chemotaxis to the Dermal-Epidermal Junction of Human Skin Mediated by Pemphigoid Antibody and Complement: Mechanism of Cell Attachment in the in Vitro Leukocyte Attachment Method

1981 • 46 citations

Two anticomplementary factors in cobra venom: Hemolysis of guinea pig erythrocytes by one of them

1970 • 40 citations

The complement system in bullous pemphigoid

1976 • 40 citations

Simple Method of Subtyping Human G-Myeloma Proteins based on Sensitivity to Pepsin Digestion

1970 • 37 citations

Animal models for bullous pemphigoid

1987 • 26 citations

Purification of bullous pemphigoid IgG subclasses and their capability for complement fixation.

1992 • 20 citations