University of Iowa
Department of Biochemistry
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Department of Biochemistry

Recent Publications :: George Giudice

Lin, M-S., C.L. Fu, M. Olague-Marchan, M.K. Hacker, D. Zillikens, G.J. Giudice, and J.A. Fairley. Autoimmune responses in patients with linear IgA bullous dermatosis: Both autoantibodies and T lymphocytes recognize the NC16A domain of the BP180 molecule. Clin. Immunol. 102:310-319, 2002.
Chen, R., J.A. Fairley, M-L. Zhao, G.J. Giudice, D. Zillikens, L.A. Diaz, and Z. Liu. Macrophages, but not T and B lymphocytes, are critical for subepidermal blister formation in experimental bullous pemphigoid: Macrophage-mediated neutrophil infiltration depends on mast cell activation. J. Immunol. 169:3987-3992, 2002.
Warren, S.J.P., L.A. Arteaga, E.A. Rivitti, V. Aoki, G. Hans-Filho, B.F. Qaqish, M-S. Lin, G.J. Giudice, and L.A. Diaz. The role of subclass switching in the pathogenesis of endemic pemphigus foliaceus, J. Invest. Dermatol. 120:104-108, 2003.
Dimson O.G., G.J. Giudice, C-L. Fu, F. Van den Bergh, S.J. Warren, M.M. Janson and J.A. Fairley. Identification of a potential effector function for IgE autoantibodies in the organ-specific autoimmune disease bullous pemphigoid. J. Invest. Dermatol. 120:784-788, 2003.
Hacker-Foegen, M., D. Zillikens, G.J. Giudice, M-S. Lin. T cell receptor gene usage of BP180-specific T lymphocytes from patients with bullous pemphigoid and pemphigoid gestationis. Clin. Immunol. 113:179-186, 2004.
Fairley, J.A., D.T. Woodley, M.Chen, G.J. Giudice, M.S. Lin. A patient with bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: An example of intermolecular epitope spreading. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 51:117-121, 2004.
Fairley, J.A., C.L. Fu, G.J. Giudice. Mapping the binding sites of anti-BP180 IgE autoantibodies in bullous pemphigoid. J. Invest. Dermatol. 125:467-472, 2005.
Fu, C-L., G.J. Giudice, F. Van den Bergh. Protein structural analysis of BP180 mutant isoforms linked to non-Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa. J. Invest. Dermatol. 126:232-234, 2006.
Van den Bergh, F., C-L. Fu, M. Olague-Marchan, G.J. Giudice. The NC16A domain of collagen XVII plays a role in triple helix assembly and stability. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 350:1032-1037, 2006.
Fairley, J.A., C.T. Burnett, C-L. Fu, D.L. Larson, M.G. Fleming, G.J. Giudice. A pathogenic role for IgE in autoimmunity: Bullous pemphigoid IgE reproduces the early phase of lesion development in human skin grafted to nu/nu mice. J. Invest. Dermatol., 2007 Nov;127(11):2605-11.

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