Relationship Between the In Vivo Localization and the Immunoblotting Pattern of Anti-Basement Membrane Zone Antibodies in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid

Abstract

The 2 different patterns of reactivity of anti-BMZ antibody deposits bound in vivo closely corresponded to the antigenic specificities indicated in the corresponding serum samples of the patients. These results are in accordance with those previously obtained in vitro and argue for identical binding profiles of circulating antibodies that are bound in vivo in BP.