International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 3 / Review Article
Clinical Presentation, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita Table 3 Mechanisms leading to autoantibody production in EBA.
Mechanism Demonstrated by Reference Genes within MHC locus (i) HLA haplotype in EBA patients (ii) MHC association in experimental EBA [8 , 68 , 80 ] Genes outside MHC locus (i) Overrepresentation of black-skinned patients in EBA (ii) Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in experimental EBA [8 , 77 ] CD4 T cells (i) T-cell-deficient nude mice are resistant to induction of immunization-induced EBA (ii) Time-restricted depletion identifies CD4 T cells to be required for induction of immunization-induced EBA [66 , 83 ] HSP90 Blockade of HSP90 prevents induction of and improves already established immunization-induced EBA [84 ]