Expression of HLA-G in the Skin of Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris
| Autor: | Fathemeh Yari, Ahmad Zavaran Hosseini, Mohsen Nemat Gorgani, Mohammad Reza Khorramizadeh, Parvin Mansouri, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1735-1502 1735-5249 |
| Popis: | Studies on HLA-G, a nonpolymorphic antigen of non-classical HLA class I, is of basic and clinical significance. In the present study, the expression of HLA-G proteins in the human skin tissue sections of normal and autoimmune pemphigus vulgaris (PV) individuals were investigated using monoclonal antibodies. The antibodies recognized both membrane-bound and soluble isoforms of HLA-G. RT-PCR was performed to assess the patterns of HLA-G mRNA transcripts in the epidermal cells of PV and normal subjects. HLA-G expression could only be detected at transcriptional level in normal skin tissues. However cells derived from PV subjects expressed detectable HLA-G molecules at both transcriptional and translational levels. In addition, the RT-PCR patterns of HLA-G amplification revealed a reduction in HLA-G2 and an increase in HLA-G1 transcripts in epidermal cells of PV patients as compared to normal cells. These observations further support suggestions in the literature regarding the role of HLA-G in induction of tolerance in autoimmune individuals. |
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