The identification of autoantigens in mucous membrane pemphigoid using immortalized oral mucosal keratinocytes.
Mayumi KamaguchiHiroaki IwataToshinari MiyauchiHideyuki UjiieInkin UjiieToshifumi NomuraNoritaka OhgaHiroshi ShimizuYoshimasa KitagawaPublished in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2018)
We demonstrated that a cell lysate of immortalized OMKs is a reliable substrate for the detection of MMP autoantigens. This newly developed immunoblotting analysis method promises to contribute to the diagnosis of MMP.