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QUESTIONS
- 1.What is your diagnosis?
- a.Bullous pemphigoid.
- b.Epidermolysis bullosa acquista.
- c.Bullous drug reaction.
- d.Linear IgA bullous dermatosis.
- e.Bullous contact dermatitis.
- a.
- 2.Increased IL-17 in blister fluid in bullous pemphigoid is most likely derived from what?
- a.T helper type 17 (Th17) cells.
- b.Neutrophils.
- c.Th2 cells.
- d.Langerhans cells.
- e.All of the above.
- a.
- 3.IL-17 leads to an increase in which of the following, which may maintain lesion development in bullous pemphigoid?
- a.Neutrophil elastase.
- b.Matrix metalloprotease-9.
- c.ADAM 12.
- d.Both a and b.
- e.All of the above.
- a.
TOPIC ARTICLE
Questions 2 and 3 refer to the following article:
Answers are available as supplementary material athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.435.html
REFERENCES
- Innate immune cell–produced IL-17 sustains inflammation in bullous pemphigoid.J Invest Dermatol. 2014; 134: 2908-2917
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