Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) (K08)
Project #
1K08AR001961-01A1
Application #
2077564
Study Section
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee (AMS)
Project Start
1996-05-25
Project End
2000-03-31
Budget Start
1996-05-25
Budget End
1997-03-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Northwestern University at Chicago
Department
Dermatology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
005436803
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60611

  Publications

Jean-Baptiste, S; O'Toole, E A; Chen, M et al. (2002) Expression of eotaxin, an eosinophil-selective chemokine, parallels eosinophil accumulation in the vesiculobullous stage of incontinentia pigmenti. Clin Exp Immunol 127:470-8
Xu, L; Robinson, N; Miller, S D et al. (2001) Characterization of BALB/c mice B lymphocyte autoimmune responses to skin basement membrane component type XVII collagen, the target antigen of autoimmune skin disease bullous pemphigoid. Immunol Lett 77:105-11
Schachter, M; Brieva, J C; Jones, J C et al. (2001) Pemphigoid nodularis associated with autoantibodies to the NC16A domain of BP180 and a hyperproliferative integrin profile. J Am Acad Dermatol 45:747-54
Chan, L S; Robinson, N; Xu, L (2001) Expression of interleukin-4 in the epidermis of transgenic mice results in a pruritic inflammatory skin disease: an experimental animal model to study atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 117:977-83
Olivry, T; Dunston, S M; Schachter, M et al. (2001) A spontaneous canine model of mucous membrane (cicatricial) pemphigoid, an autoimmune blistering disease affecting mucosae and mucocutaneous junctions. J Autoimmun 16:411-21
Olivry, T; Mirsky, M L; Singleton, W et al. (2000) A spontaneously arising porcine model of bullous pemphigoid. Arch Dermatol Res 292:37-45
Xu, L; O'Toole, E A; Olivry, T et al. (2000) Molecular cloning of canine bullous pemphigoid antigen 2 cDNA and immunomapping of NC16A domain by canine bullous pemphigoid autoantibodies. Biochim Biophys Acta 1500:97-107
Gandhi, K; Chen, M; Aasi, S et al. (2000) Autoantibodies to type VII collagen have heterogeneous subclass and light chain compositions and their complement-activating capacities do not correlate with the inflammatory clinical phenotype. J Clin Immunol 20:416-23
O'Toole, E A; Mak, L L; Guitart, J et al. (2000) Induction of keratinocyte IL-8 expression and secretion by IgG autoantibodies as a novel mechanism of epidermal neutrophil recruitment in a pemphigus variant. Clin Exp Immunol 119:217-24
Olivry, T; Borrillo, A K; Xu, L et al. (2000) Equine bullous pemphigoid IgG autoantibodies target linear epitopes in the NC16A ectodomain of collagen XVII (BP180, BPAG2). Vet Immunol Immunopathol 73:45-52

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