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Immunopathologic and Histologic Studies on Skin from Pemphigus Patients in Tissue Culture
Author(s) -
CHORZELSKI TADEUSZ P.,
ROGOZINSKI TOMASZ,
SULEJ JADWIGA
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01114.x
Subject(s) - acantholysis , pemphigus vulgaris , pemphigus , pemphigus foliaceus , in vivo , pathology , antibody , organ culture , explant culture , medicine , autoantibody , tissue culture , in vitro , biology , immunology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Explants of skin from patients with pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus taken in the active stages of the disease had in vivo bound IgG in the intercellular area. After 24–48 h incubation of these explants in normal sera acantholytic bullae developed above the stratum basale, thus indicating that the bound IgG is probably in vivo bound pemphigus antibody. In both cases, skin from the inactive stage of the disease contained no in vivo bound pemphigus antibodies. Explants of these skin specimens failed to develop acantholysis in culture.