{"title":"A case of bullous pemphigoid with correlation to serum levels of anti-BP180-NC16a antibodies and thymus and activation-regulated chemokine","authors":"Satoko Minakawa MD, PhD, Yasushi Matsuzaki MD, PhD, Atsuko Kimura MD, Kageaki Taima MD, PhD, Sadatomo Tasaka MD, PhD, Daisuke Sawamura MD, PhD","doi":"10.1002/cia2.12310","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Our cases suggest that thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) levels are correlated with bullous pemphigoid (BP) disease area index for skin uriticaria/erythema, and serum anti-BP180-NC16a antibody titers in patients with BP. TARC might be an important chemokine involved in the pathogenesis of BP (<i>Br J Dermatol</i> 2003;148:203; <i>J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol</i> 2021;35:e121). We speculate that TARC is useful for predicting the clinical condition of patients with BP, similar to anti-BP180-NC16a antibody titers.\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":15543,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cia2.12310","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cia2.12310","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ALLERGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Our cases suggest that thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) levels are correlated with bullous pemphigoid (BP) disease area index for skin uriticaria/erythema, and serum anti-BP180-NC16a antibody titers in patients with BP. TARC might be an important chemokine involved in the pathogenesis of BP (Br J Dermatol 2003;148:203; J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021;35:e121). We speculate that TARC is useful for predicting the clinical condition of patients with BP, similar to anti-BP180-NC16a antibody titers.