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[Skin fragility in autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin].

Authors: Farzan, Solimani; Dario, Didona; Michael, Hertl;

[Skin fragility in autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin].

Abstract

In many disorders, skin and/or mucosal changes are dominated by blisters, wounds, or erosions. While these changes can be observed during infective, traumatic, metabolic, or inflammatory processes, these are normally clinical hallmarks of the disruption of the cytoarchitectural stability of the skin. Several proteins, such as those located in the dermal-epidermal junction zone and forming the hemidesmosomes, or those forming epidermal desmosomes are crucial for the maintenance of skin integrity. Defective function may be genetically determined due to impaired or absent production of specific proteins (i.e., epidermolysis bullosa) or due to autoimmune disorders that lead to the production of autoreactive antibodies targeting desmosomal or hemidesmosomal skin antigens. The latter group of diseases are classically named autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin. These can be divided in the pemphigoid group, where antigens are components of the hemidesmosomes, and pemphigus group, where desmosomal proteins are targeted. In this review, we provide a short vademecum of autoimmune skin disorders that are associated with skin fragility.

Keywords

Blister, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous, Humans, Pemphigus, Autoimmune Diseases, Skin

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