Pathogenetic studies in bullous pemphigoid--review of the literature and our own results.

Animals Antibody Formation Antigen-Antibody Complex/immunology Antigens/biosynthesis Autoantibodies/immunology Autoantigens/biosynthesis Carrier Proteins Chemotaxis, Leukocyte Collagen/biosynthesis Complement C3/immunology Complement Fixation Tests Complement Pathway, Alternative Cytoskeletal Proteins Dystonin Fluorescent Antibody Technique Humans Immunoglobulin G/immunology In Vitro Techniques Nerve Tissue Proteins Non-Fibrillar Collagens Pemphigoid, Bullous/immunology,pathology Rabbits Rosette Formation Skin/ultrastructure Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous/immunology

Antigen-Antibody Complex Antigens Autoantibodies Autoantigens Carrier Proteins Complement C3 Cytoskeletal Proteins DST protein, human Dystonin Immunoglobulin G Nerve Tissue Proteins Non-Fibrillar Collagens collagen type XVII Collagen