IgE Basement Membrane Zone Antibodies Induce Eosinophil Infiltration and Histological Blisters in Engrafted Human Skin on SCID Mice

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

Zhi Liu, Luis A. Díaz, James L. Troy et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1993 · 592 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Dermatology, Immunology +17

Cloning and Primary Structural Analysis of the Bullous Pemphigoid Autoantigen BP180

George J. Giudice, Daryl J Emery, Luis A. Diaz · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1992 · 570 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +6

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.

Luis A. Díaz, Harry Ratrie, W.S. Saunders et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1990 · 371 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Dermatology, Immunology +17

Identification of the cutaneous basement membrane zone antigen and isolation of antibody in linear immunoglobulin A bullous dermatosis.

John J. Zone, Ted B. Taylor, Donald P. Kadunce et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1990 · 268 citations · Full text

Medicine, Dermatology, Immunology +16

New model for analysis of mucosal immunity: intestinal secretion of specific monoclonal immunoglobulin A from hybridoma tumors protects against Vibrio cholerae infection

Louis Winner, Julie Mack, Richard Weltzin et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1991 · 256 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17