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  • 1
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    Springer
    Cancer immunology immunotherapy 23 (1986), S. 155-157 
    ISSN: 1432-0851
    Keywords: Stage I Melanoma ; BCG ; HLA-DR
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Previously, we have provided evidence for a positive correlation between HLA-DR expression in primary melanoma and early metastasis [3, 4]. In the present study we investigated whether this relationship was modified by adjuvant BCG immunotherapy. The study comprised 107 patients with a stage I high-risk melanoma; 44 patients had been treated with BCG, whereas the remaining patients had not received any adjuvant therapy. There was no difference in disease-free survival between BCG-treated and untreated patients. Disease-free survival was significantly shorter in patients with high expression of HLA-DR antigens in the primary tumor. Subgrouping BCG-treated and control patients according to HLA-DR phenotype of the melanoma revealed a prolongation of disease-free survival in the subgroup of BCG-treated patients with no or low expression of HLA-DR antigens in the primary melanoma. BCG therapy apparently did not influence prognosis of patients with high expression of HLA-DR antigens in the tumor.
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  • 2
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    Archives of dermatological research 284 (1992), S. 127-131 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Keywords: Melanocytic naevi ; HLA-DR ; Langerhans cells ; Macrophages
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Whereas the inflammatory infiltrates of malignant melanoma have been widely investigated, little is known about the infiltrates accompanying benign melanocytic naevi. Using monoclonal antibodies directed against HLA-DR antigens, the CD1 antigen, the transferrin receptor and functionally divergent macrophage subpopulations, frozen fresh material of 87 melanocytic naevi (MN), ten primary cutaneous melanomas (PCM) and ten samples of normal skin were studied. Compared with normal skin, abundant HLA-DR+ cells were found in the stroma of MN equivalent to the quantity present in PCM. In MN we found higher numbers of dermal CD1+ dendritic cells compared with PCM and normal skin. There were more macrophages that expressed the transferrin receptor or the antigens 27E10, RM3/1 and 25F9 in MN than in normal skin but fewer than in PCM. No significant differences were found between congenital MN (n=40), common acquired MN (n=27) and dysplastic MN (n=20) macrophage subpopulations. Also, no correlations were evident between macrophage infiltrates and naevus location or patients' age. Our data show that potential melanoma precursors among melanocytic naevi cannot be identified by the pattern of macrophage infiltrates.
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  • 3
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    Der Hautarzt 51 (2000), S. 25-30 
    ISSN: 1432-1173
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Herpes gestationis ; Schwangerschaftsdermatose ; Bullöses Pemphigoid ; BP180 ; Pruritus ; Key words ; Herpes gestationis ; Dermatoses of pregnancy ; Bullous pemphigoid ; BP180 ; Pruritus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Background and Objective: Pemphigoid gestationis (PG) is a rare pregnancy-associated autoimmune bullous disease characterized by autoantibodies to the 180 kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BP180). The clinical spectrum of PG is polymorphic and for diagnostic purposes, a skin biopsy is usually taken demonstrating the deposition of autoantibodies. Patients and Methods: From 2 patients, skin biopsies were obtained for histopathologic and immunofluorescence studies. Circulating autoantibodies were characterized by immunoblotting and ELISA using a recombinant form of the immunodominant BP180 NC16 A domain. Results: The 2 PG patients described here did not show blisters but complained about severe itching. In the first case, PG presented in the first trimester of the second pregnancy as an erythema-multiforme-like disease. The second patient developed urticarial plaques a few days after delivery. PG was diagnosed by the detection of autoantibodies against recombinant BP180 NC16 A by immunoblot and ELISA analysis and confirmed by linear deposits of C3 at the cutaneous basement membrane zone on direct immunofluorecence microscopy. Skin lesions healed with oral prednisolon. Conclusions: In our two patients, non-bullous PG could be diagnosed by serological tests. Immunmoblotting and ELISA might be sensitive and specific tools when screening sera of patients with pruritic skin lesions in pregnancy for the presence of autoantibodies to BP180. In some cases, these newer techniques may make a skin biopsy unnecessary.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Das Pemphigoid gestationis (PG) ist eine seltene, schwangerschaftsspezifische Autoimmundermatose mit Autoantikörpern gegen das 180 kD bullöse Pemphigoid Antigen (BP180). Das klinische Bild ist polymorph. Die Diagnose des PG wird meist anhand einer Biopsie mit Nachweis der Autoantikörper in der Haut der Patientinnen gesichert. Patienten/Methodik: Bei 2 Patientinnen wurden Hautbiopsien histopatholgisch und immunfluoreszenzoptisch untersucht. Die Autoantikörper wurden mittels Immunoblot und ELISA unter Verwendung einer rekombinanten Form der immundominanten BP180-NC16-A-Domäne charakterisiert. Ergebnisse: Bei den beiden vorgestellten Patientinnen verlief das PG ohne Blasenbildung, jedoch mit starkem Juckreiz. Bei unserer ersten Patientin manifestierte sich die Erkrankung im 1. Trimenon unter dem Bild eines Erythema multiforme, der 2. Fall trat wenige Tage postpartal unter dem Bild einer Urtikaria auf. Die Diagnose wurde jeweils durch den Nachweis von Antikörpern gegen rekombinantes BP180 NC16 A im Immunoblot und ELISA und durch lineare C3-Ablagerungen an der Basalmembran in der direkten Immunfluoreszenz gesichert. Die Hautveränderungen heilten bei beiden Patientinnen unter oraler Prednisolontherapie ab. Schlussfolgerung: Bei den beiden vorgestellten Patientinnen wurde anhand von Serumuntersuchungen ein PG ohne Blasenbildung diagnostiziert. Sowohl Immunoblot als auch ELISA erscheinen aufgrund ihrer hohen Sensitivität und Spezifität als Screeningverfahren zum Nachweis von Autoantikörpern gegen BP180 bei pruriginösen Schwangerschaftsdermatosen geeignet. In der Zukunft dürften sie mitunter die bisher unverzichtbare Hautbiopsie zur Diagnose eines PG ersetzen.
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