British Journal of Dermatology
British Journal of Dermatology
5 years ago

Disappearance of epidermal transglutaminase and IgA deposits from the papillary dermis of dermatitis herpetiformis patients after a long-term gluten-free diet

M. Hietikko, J.J. Zone, T. Reunala, T. Salmi, K. Lindfors, K. Kaukinen, T. Ilus, K. Hervonen
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an itchy, blistering skin disease characterised by the deposition of granular immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the papillary dermis. It is regarded as the cutaneous manifestation of coeliac disease, an autoimmune-mediated condition affecting the small intestine. In addition to skin symptoms, DH patients have mostly subclinical small-intestinal villous atrophy and crypt hyperplasia or at least coeliac-type inflammatory changes. Moreover, DH patients have specific antibodies targeting epidermal transglutaminase (a.k.a. transglutaminase 3, TG3), the dominant autoantigen in DH 1. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15995

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