Serum autoantibodies against the extracellular region of α6β4 integrin in a patient with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor–induced bullous pemphigoid

• Chigusa Yamashita, MD,
• Noriko Arase, MD, PhD,
• Shuhei Higuchi, MS,
• Hisashi Arase, MD, PhD,
• Junichi Takagi, PhD,
• Satoshi Nojima, MD, PhD,
• Atsushi Tanemura, MD, PhD,
• Manabu Fujimoto, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Chigusa Yamashita, MD

Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Noriko Arase, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Correspondence and reprint requests to: Noriko Arase, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Integrated Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.

Shuhei Higuchi, MS

Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Hisashi Arase, MD, PhD

Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Laboratory of Immunochemistry, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Junichi Takagi, PhD

Laboratory for Protein Synthesis and Expression, Institute of Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Satoshi Nojima, MD, PhD

Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Atsushi Tanemura, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Manabu Fujimoto, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Laboratory of Cutaneous Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan