Pathogenic Autoantibody Derived from Regulatory T Cell‒Deficient Scurfy Mice Targets Type VII Collagen and Leads to Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita‒Like Blistering Disease

Elisabeth Vicari*, Stefanie Haeberle, Vanessa Bolduan, Torben Ramcke, Artem Vorobyev, Stephanie Goletz, Hiroaki Iwata, Ralf J. Ludwig, Enno Schmidt, Alexander H. Enk, Eva N. Hadaschik

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Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Investigative Dermatology
Volume142
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)980-984.e4
ISSN0022-202X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03.2022

Funding

The authors would like to thank Lena Beideck for expert technical assistance. The authors are grateful for the support of Hiroshi Shimizu, who recently passed away. The study was supported by a grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn, Germany) to ENH (HA-7162/3-1) and AHE and was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (TRR156/2 and 246807620). The work was carried out in Heidelberg, Germany.

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Infection and Inflammation Research (ZIEL)
  • Centers: Center for Research on Inflammation of the Skin (CRIS)

DFG Research Classification Scheme

  • 2.21-05 Immunology
  • 2.22-19 Dermatology

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