Luis A. Diaz
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Li, N, Park M, Zhao M, Hilario-Vargas J, McInnes DM, Prisayanh PS, Liu Z, Diaz LA.
The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen-binding lectin jacalin interacts with desmoglein-1 and
abrogates the pathogenicity of pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies in vivo. J Invest
Dermatol. 2010 July 15.
Culton DA, Rubenstein DS, Diaz LA. The resident retreat for future academicians. J
Invest Dermatol. 2010 Jul;130(7):1775-7.
Ribeiro JM, Valenzuela JG, Pham VM, Kleeman L, Barbian KD, Favreau AJ, Eaton DP,
Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. An insight into the sialotranscriptome of
Simulium nigrimanum, a black fly associated with fogo selvagen in South America. Am J
Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1060-75.
Jolly PS, Berkowitz P, Bektas M, Lee HE, Chua M, Diaz LA, Rubenstein DS.
p38MAPK signaling and desmoglein-3 internalization are linked events in pemphigus
acantholysis. J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 19;285(12):8936-41.
Flores G, Qian Y, Díaz LA. The enigmatic autoimmune response in endemic pemphigus
foliaceus. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2009 Dec;100 Suppl 2:40-8.
Qian Y, Clarke SH, Aoki V, Hans-Filhio G, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. Antigen selection of
anti-DSG1 autoantibodies during and before the onset of endemic pemphigus foliaceus. J
Invest Dermatol. 2009 Dec;129(12):2823-34.
Lee HE, Berkowitz P, Jolly PS, Diaz LA, Chua MP, Rubenstein DS. Biphasic activation
of p38MAPK suggests that apoptosis is a downstream event in pemphigus acantholysis.
J Biol Chem. 2009 May 1;284(18):12524-32. Epub 2009 Mar 7.
Li N, Zhao M, Wang J, Liu Z, Diaz LA. Involvement of the apoptotic mechanism in
pemphigus foliaceus autoimmune injury of the skin. J Immunol. 2009 Jan 1;182(1):7117.
Berkowitz P, Chua M, Liu Z, Diaz LA, Rubenstein DS. Autoantibodies in the
autoimmune disease pemphigus foliaceus induce blistering via p38 mitogen-activated
protein kinase-dependent signaling in the skin. Am J Pathol. 2008 Dec;173(6):1628-36.
Liu Z, Sui W, Zhao M, Li Z, Li N, Thresher R, Giudice GJ, Fairley JA, Sitaru C,
Zillikens D, Ning G, Marinkovich MP, Diaz LA. Subepidermal blistering induced by
human autoantibodies to BP180 requires innate immune players in a humanized bullous
pemphigoid mouse model. J Autoimmun. 2008 Dec;31(4):331-8.
Culton DA, Qian Y, Li N, Rubenstein D, Aoki V, Filhio GH, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA.
Advances in pemphigus and its endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem)
phenotype: a paradigm of human autoimmunity. J Autoimmun. 2008 Dec;31(4):311-24.
Qaqish BF, Prisayanh P, Qian Y, Andraca E, Li N, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, dos Santos V,
Rivitti EA, Diaz LA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Development of
an IgG4-based predictor of endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). J Invest
Dermatol. 2009 Jan;129(1):110-8. Epub 2008 Aug 14.
Biomaterials. 2008 Sep;29(27):3636-41.
Dasher D, Rubenstein D, Diaz LA. Pemphigus foliaceus. Curr Dir Autoimmun.
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Evangelista F, Dasher DA, Diaz LA, Prisayanh PS, Li N. E-cadherin is an additional
immunological target for pemphigus autoantibodies. J Invest Dermatol. 2008
Jul;128(7):1710-8. Epub 2008 Jan 24.
Diaz LA, Prisayanh PS, Dasher DA, Li N, Evangelista F, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, dos
Santos V, Qaqish BF, Rivitti EA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. The
IgM anti-desmoglein 1 response distinguishes Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus (fogo
selvagem) from other forms of pemphigus. J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Mar;128(3):667-75.
Berkowitz P, Diaz LA, Hall RP, Rubenstein DS. Induction of p38MAPK and HSP27
phosphorylation in pemphigus patient skin. J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Mar;128(3):738-40.
Leighty L, Li N, Diaz LA, Liu Z. Experimental models for the autoimmune and
inflammatory blistering disease, Bullous pemphigoid. Arch Dermatol Res. 2007
Nov;299(9):417-22.
Diaz LA. Rituximab and pemphigus--a therapeutic advance. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug
9;357(6):605-7.
Díaz LA, Díaz Mdel P, Almirón WR, Contigiani MS. Infection by UNA virus
(Alphavirus; Togaviridae) and risk factor analysis in black howler monkeys (Alouatta
caraya) from Paraguay and Argentina. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2007
Oct;101(10):1039-41.
Rocha-Alvarez R, Ortega-Loayza AG, Friedman H, Campbell I, Aoki V, Rivitti EA,
Dasher D, Li N, Diaz LA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Endemic
pemphigus vulgaris. Arch Dermatol. 2007 Jul;143(7):895-9.
Qian Y, Diaz LA, Ye J, Clarke SH. Dissecting the anti-desmoglein autoreactive B cell
repertoire in pemphigus vulgaris patients. J Immunol. 2007 May 1;178(9):5982-90.
Rubenstein DS, Diaz LA. Pemphigus antibody induced phosphorylation of keratinocyte
proteins. Autoimmunity. 2006 Nov;39(7):577-86.
Nelson KC, Zhao M, Schroeder PR, Li N, Wetsel RA, Diaz LA, Liu Z. Role of different
pathways of the complement cascade in experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Clin Invest.
2006 Nov;116(11):2892-900.
Zhao M, Trimbeger ME, Li N, Diaz LA, Shapiro SD, Liu Z. Role of FcRs in animal
model of autoimmune bullous pemphigoid. J Immunol. 2006 Sep 1;177(5):3398-405.
Berkowitz P, Hu P, Warren S, Liu Z, Diaz LA, Rubenstein DS. p38MAPK inhibition
prevents disease in pemphigus vulgaris mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug
22;103(34):12855-60.
Empinotti JC, Aoki V, Filgueira A, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Sanches JA Jr, Li N,
Hilario-Vargas J, Diaz LA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Clinical and
serological follow-up studies of endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in
Western Parana, Brazil (2001-2002). Br J Dermatol. 2006 Aug;155(2):446-50.
Hilario-Vargas J, Dasher DA, Li N, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, dos Santos V, Qaqish BF,
Rivitti EA, Diaz LA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Prevalence of
anti-desmoglein-3 antibodies in endemic regions of Fogo Selvagem in Brazil. J Invest
Dermatol. 2006 Sep;126(9):2044-8.
Liu Z, Li N, Diaz LA. Inhibition of pemphigus vulgaris by targeting of the CD40-CD154
co-stimulatory pathway: a step toward antigen-specific therapy? J Invest Dermatol. 2006
Jan;126(1):11-3.
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Li N, Zhao M, Hilario-Vargas J, Prisayanh P, Warren S, Diaz LA, Roopenian DC, Liu Z.
Complete FcRn dependence for intravenous Ig therapy in autoimmune skin blistering
diseases. J Clin Invest. 2005 Dec;115(12):3440-50.
Liu Z, Zhao M, Li N, Diaz LA, Mayadas TN. Differential roles for beta2 integrins in
experimental autoimmune bullous pemphigoid. Blood. 2006 Feb 1;107(3):1063-9.
Liu Z, Li N, Diaz LA, Shipley M, Senior RM, Werb Z. Synergy between a plasminogen
cascade and MMP-9 in autoimmune disease. J Clin Invest. 2005 Apr;115(4):879-87.
Berkowitz P, Hu P, Liu Z, Diaz LA, Enghild JJ, Chua MP, Rubenstein DS. Desmosome
signaling. Inhibition of p38MAPK prevents pemphigus vulgaris IgG-induced
cytoskeleton reorganization. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 24;280(25):23778-84. Epub 2005
Apr 19.
Diaz LA, Arteaga LA, Hilario-Vargas J, Valenzuela JG, Li N, Warren S, Aoki V, HansFilho G, Eaton D, dos Santos V, Nutman TB, de Mayolo AA, Qaqish BF, Sampaio SA,
Rivitti EA; Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Anti-desmoglein-1
antibodies in onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease suggest a possible
etiological link to Fogo selvagem. J Invest Dermatol. 2004 Dec;123(6):1045-51.
Gabbi TV, Bernardelli IM, Santi CG, Maruta CW, Kodani V, Sotto MN, Li N, HilarioVargas J, Diaz LA, Rivitti EA, Aoki V. Pemphigus foliaceus with neutrophilic spongiosis
evolving to an atypical pemphigus phenotype. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004
Dec;51(6):1012-3.
Pias EK, Hilario-Vargas J, Li N, Diaz LA. Humoral autoimmunity in pemphigus.
Autoimmunity. 2004 Jun;37(4):283-6. Review. No abstract available.
Sánchez-Carpintero I, España A, Pelacho B, López Moratalla N, Rubenstein DS, Diaz
LA, López-Zabalza MJ. In vivo blockade of pemphigus vulgaris acantholysis by
inhibition of intracellular signal transduction cascades. Br J Dermatol. 2004
Sep;151(3):565-70.
Serrano NC, Casas JP, Díaz LA, Páez C, Mesa CM, Cifuentes R, Monterrosa A, Bautista
A, Hawe E, Hingorani AD, Vallance P, López-Jaramillo P. Endothelial NO synthase
genotype and risk of preeclampsia: a multicenter case-control study. Hypertension. 2004
Nov;44(5):702-7. Epub 2004 Sep 13.
Anhalt GJ, Díaz LA. Pemphigus vulgaris--a model for cutaneous autoimmunity. J Am
Acad Dermatol. 2004 Jul;51(1 Suppl):S20-1.
Liu Z, Li N, Diaz LA. Immunopathological mechanisms of acantholysis in pemphigus
vulgaris: an explanation by ultrastructural observations. J Invest Dermatol. 2004
May;122(5):XIII-XIV.
Aoki V, Millikan RC, Rivitti EA, Hans-Filho G, Eaton DP, Warren SJ, Li N, HilarioVargas J, Hoffmann RG, Diaz LA; Cooperative Group for Fogo Selvagem Research.
Environmental risk factors in endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). J Investig
Dermatol Symp Proc. 2004 Jan;9(1):34-40.
Li N, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. The role of intramolecular epitope
spreading in the pathogenesis of endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). J Exp
Med. 2003 Jun 2;197(11):1501-10. Epub 2003 May 27.
Diaz LA, Spinsanti LI, Almiron WR, Contigiani MS. UNA virus: first report of human
infection in Argentina. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2003 Mar-Apr;45(2):109-10. Epub
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Warren SJ, Arteaga LA, Rivitti EA, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, Qaqish BF, Lin MS, Giudice
GJ, Diaz LA. The role of subclass switching in the pathogenesis of endemic pemphigus
foliaceus. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Jan;120(1):104-8.
Suchniak JM, Diaz LA, Lin MS, Fairley JA. IgM-mediated epidermolysis bullosa
acquisita. Arch Dermatol. 2002 Oct;138(10):1385-6.
Chen R, Fairley JA, Zhao ML, Giudice GJ, Zillikens D, Diaz LA, Liu Z. Macrophages,
but not T and B lymphocytes, are critical for subepidermal blister formation in
experimental bullous pemphigoid: macrophage-mediated neutrophil infiltration depends
on mast cell activation. J Immunol. 2002 Oct 1;169(7):3987-92.
Moesta AK, Lin MS, Diaz LA, Sinha AA. T cell receptor Beta chain gene usage in
endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). J Invest Dermatol. 2002 Aug;119(2):37783.
Arteaga LA, Prisayanh PS, Warren SJ, Liu Z, Diaz LA, Lin MS; Cooperative Group on
Fogo Selvagem Research. A subset of pemphigus foliaceus patients exhibits pathogenic
autoantibodies against both desmoglein-1 and desmoglein-3. J Invest Dermatol. 2002
May;118(5):806-11.
Liu Z, Diaz LA. Bullous pemphigoid: end of the century overview. J Dermatol. 2001
Nov;28(11):647-50.
Lin MS, Arteaga LA, Diaz LA. Herpes gestationis. Clin Dermatol. 2001 NovDec;19(6):697-702.
Chen R, Ning G, Zhao ML, Fleming MG, Diaz LA, Werb Z, Liu Z. Mast cells play a key
role in neutrophil recruitment in experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Clin Invest. 2001
Oct;108(8):1151-8.
Diaz LA, Brunken RC, Blackstone EH, Snader CE, Lauer MS. Independent contribution
of myocardial perfusion defects to exercise capacity and heart rate recovery for prediction
of all-cause mortality in patients with known or suspected coronary heart disease. J Am
Coll Cardiol. 2001 May;37(6):1558-64.
Stanley JR, Nishikawa T, Diaz LA, Amagai M. Pemphigus: is there another half of the
story? J Invest Dermatol. 2001 Apr;116(4):489-90.
Alvarado-Flores E, Avalos-Díaz E, Díaz LA, Herrera-Esparza R. Anti-idiotype
antibodies neutralize in vivo the blistering effect of Pemphigus foliaceus IgG. Scand J
Immunol. 2001 Mar;53(3):254-8.
Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. Prospects for autoimmune disease: Research advances in
pemphigus. JAMA. 2001 Feb 7;285(5):652-4.
Lin MS, Fu CL, Giudice GJ, Olague-Marchan M, Lazaro AM, Stastny P, Diaz LA.
Epitopes targeted by bullous pemphigoid T lymphocytes and autoantibodies map to the
same sites on the bullous pemphigoid 180 ectodomain. J Invest Dermatol. 2000
Dec;115(6):955-61.
Avalos-Díaz E, Olague-Marchan M, López-Swiderski A, Herrera-Esparza R, Díaz LA.
Transplacental passage of maternal pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies induces neonatal
pemphigus. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2000 Dec;43(6):1130-4.
Liu Z, Zhou X, Shapiro SD, Shipley JM, Twining SS, Diaz LA, Senior RM, Werb Z. The
serpin alpha1-proteinase inhibitor is a critical substrate for gelatinase B/MMP-9 in vivo.
Cell. 2000 Sep 1;102(5):647-55.
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Olague-Marchan M, Twining SS, Hacker MK, McGrath JA, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. A
disease-associated glycine substitution in BP180 (type XVII collagen) leads to a local
destabilization of the major collagen triple helix. Matrix Biol. 2000 Jul;19(3):223-33.
Warren SJ, Lin MS, Giudice GJ, Hoffmann RG, Hans-Filho G, Aoki V, Rivitti EA,
Santos V, Diaz LA. The prevalence of antibodies against desmoglein 1 in endemic
pemphigus foliaceus in Brazil. Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. N Engl J
Med. 2000 Jul 6;343(1):23-30.
Reis VM, Toledo RP, Lopez A, Diaz LA, Martins JE. UVB-induced acantholysis in
endemic Pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo selvagem) and Pemphigus vulgaris. J Am Acad
Dermatol. 2000 Apr;42(4):571-6.
Lin MS, Fu CL, Aoki V, Hans-Filho G, Rivitti EA, Moraes JR, Moraes ME, Lazaro AM,
Giudice GJ, Stastny P, Diaz LA. Desmoglein-1-specific T lymphocytes from patients
with endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). J Clin Invest. 2000 Jan;105(2):20713.
Mascaró JM Jr, Zillikens D, Giudice GJ, Caux F, Fleming MG, Katz HM, Diaz LA. A
subepidermal bullous eruption associated with IgG autoantibodies to a 200 kd dermal
antigen: the first case report from the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2000 Feb;42(2
Pt 2):309-15.
Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. End of the century overview of skin blisters. Arch Dermatol. 2000
Jan;136(1):106-12.
Liu Z, Shapiro SD, Zhou X, Twining SS, Senior RM, Giudice GJ, Fairley JA, Diaz LA.
A critical role for neutrophil elastase in experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Clin Invest.
2000 Jan;105(1):113-23.
Zillikens D, Herzele K, Georgi M, Schmidt E, Chimanovitch I, Schumann H, Mascaro
JM Jr, Diaz LA, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Bröcker EB, Giudice GJ. Autoantibodies in a
subgroup of patients with linear IgA disease react with the NC16A domain of BP1801. J
Invest Dermatol. 1999 Dec;113(6):947-53.
Lin MS, Gharia M, Fu CL, Olague-Marchan M, Hacker M, Harman KE, Bhogal BS,
Black MM, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. Molecular mapping of the major epitopes of BP180
recognized by herpes gestationis autoantibodies. Clin Immunol. 1999 Sep;92(3):285-92.
Zillikens D, Caux F, Mascaro JM, Wesselmann U, Schmidt E, Prost C, Callen JP,
Bröcker EB, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. Autoantibodies in lichen planus pemphigoides react
with a novel epitope within the C-terminal NC16A domain of BP180. J Invest Dermatol.
1999 Jul;113(1):117-21.
Hans-Filho G, Aoki V, Rivitti E, Eaton DP, Lin MS, Diaz LA. Endemic pemphigus
foliaceus (fogo selvagem)--1998. The Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research.
Clin Dermatol. 1999 Mar-Apr;17(2):225-35; discussion 105-6.
Nousari HC, Kimyai-Asadi A, Ketabchi N, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Severe nonendemic
pemphigus foliaceus presenting in the postpartum period. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999
May;40(5 Pt 2):845-6.
Ding X, Diaz LA, Fairley JA, Giudice GJ, Liu Z. The anti-desmoglein 1 autoantibodies
in pemphigus vulgaris sera are pathogenic. J Invest Dermatol. 1999 May;112(5):739-43.
Lin MS, Gharia MA, Swartz SJ, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. Identification and characterization
of epitopes recognized by T lymphocytes and autoantibodies from patients with herpes
gestationis. J Immunol. 1999 Apr 15;162(8):4991-7.
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Liu Z, Shipley JM, Vu TH, Zhou X, Diaz LA, Werb Z, Senior RM. Gelatinase Bdeficient mice are resistant to experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Exp Med. 1998 Aug
3;188(3):475-82.
Murakami H, Nishioka S, Setterfield J, Bhogal BS, Black MM, Zillikens D, Yancey KB,
Balding SD, Giudice GJ, Diaz LA, Nishikawa T, Kiyokawa C, Hashimoto T. Analysis of
antigens targeted by circulating IgG and IgA autoantibodies in 50 patients with cicatricial
pemphigoid. J Dermatol Sci. 1998 May;17(1):39-44.
Eaton DP, Diaz LA, Hans-Filho G, Santos VD, Aoki V, Friedman H, Rivitti EA,
Sampaio SA, Gottlieb MS, Giudice GJ, Lopez A, Cupp EW. Comparison of black fly
species (Diptera: Simuliidae) on an Amerindian reservation with a high prevalence of
fogo selvagem to neighboring disease-free sites in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul,
Brazil. The Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. J Med Entomol. 1998
Mar;35(2):120-31.
Lin MS, Swartz SJ, Lopez A, Ding X, Fairley JA, Diaz LA. T lymphocytes from a subset
of patients with pemphigus vulgaris respond to both desmoglein-3 and desmoglein-1. J
Invest Dermatol. 1997 Dec;109(6):734-7.
Leung DY, Diaz LA, DeLeo V, Soter NA. Allergic and immunologic skin disorders.
JAMA. 1997 Dec 10;278(22):1914-23.
España A, Diaz LA, Mascaró JM Jr, Giudice GJ, Fairley JA, Till GO, Liu Z. Mechanisms
of acantholysis in pemphigus foliaceus. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1997
Oct;85(1):83-9.
Mascaró JM Jr, España A, Liu Z, Ding X, Swartz SJ, Fairley JA, Diaz LA. Mechanisms
of acantholysis in pemphigus vulgaris: role of IgG valence. Clin Immunol Immunopathol.
1997 Oct;85(1):90-6.
Zillikens D, Mascaro JM, Rose PA, Liu Z, Ewing SM, Caux F, Hoffmann RG, Diaz LA,
Giudice GJ. A highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of
circulating anti-BP180 autoantibodies in patients with bullous pemphigoid. J Invest
Dermatol. 1997 Nov;109(5):679-83.
Ding X, Aoki V, Mascaro JM Jr, Lopez-Swiderski A, Diaz LA, Fairley JA. Mucosal and
mucocutaneous (generalized) pemphigus vulgaris show distinct autoantibody profiles. J
Invest Dermatol. 1997 Oct;109(4):592-6.
Zillikens D, Rose PA, Balding SD, Liu Z, Olague-Marchan M, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ.
Tight clustering of extracellular BP180 epitopes recognized by bullous pemphigoid
autoantibodies. J Invest Dermatol. 1997 Oct;109(4):573-9.
Liu Z, Giudice GJ, Zhou X, Swartz SJ, Troy JL, Fairley JA, Till GO, Diaz LA. A major
role for neutrophils in experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Clin Invest. 1997 Sep
1;100(5):1256-63.
Liu Z, Roopenian DC, Zhou X, Christianson GJ, Diaz LA, Sedmak DD, Anderson CL.
Beta2-microglobulin-deficient mice are resistant to bullous pemphigoid. J Exp Med. 1997
Aug 29;186(5):777-83.
Balding SD, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. A recombinant form of the human BP180 ectodomain
forms a collagen-like homotrimeric complex. Biochemistry. 1997 Jul 22;36(29):8821-30.
Peñas PF, Buezo GF, Carvajal I, Daudén E, López A, Diaz LA. D-penicillamine-induced
pemphigus foliaceus with autoantibodies to desmoglein-1 in a patient with mixed
connective tissue disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1997 Jul;37(1):121-3.
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Bédane C, McMillan JR, Balding SD, Bernard P, Prost C, Bonnetblanc JM, Diaz LA,
Eady RA, Giudice GJ. Bullous pemphigoid and cicatricial pemphigoid autoantibodies
react with ultrastructurally separable epitopes on the BP180 ectodomain: evidence that
BP180 spans the lamina lucida. J Invest Dermatol. 1997 Jun;108(6):901-7.
Moraes ME, Fernandez-Vina M, Lazaro A, Diaz LA, Filho GH, Friedman H, Rivitti E,
Aoki V, Stastny P, Moraes JR. An epitope in the third hypervariable region of the DRB1
gene is involved in the susceptibility to endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in
three different Brazilian populations. Tissue Antigens. 1997 Jan;49(1):35-40.
Lin MS, Mascaró JM Jr, Liu Z, España A, Diaz LA. The desmosome and
hemidesmosome in cutaneous autoimmunity. Clin Exp Immunol. 1997 Jan;107 Suppl
1:9-15.
Lin MS, Swartz SJ, Lopez A, Ding X, Fernandez-Vina MA, Stastny P, Fairley JA, Diaz
LA. Development and characterization of desmoglein-3 specific T cells from patients
with pemphigus vulgaris. J Clin Invest. 1997 Jan 1;99(1):31-40.
Hans-Filho G, dos Santos V, Katayama JH, Aoki V, Rivitti EA, Sampaio SA, Friedman
H, Moraes JR, Moraes ME, Eaton DP, Lopez AL, Hoffman RG, Fairley JA, Giudice GJ,
Diaz LA. An active focus of high prevalence of fogo selvagem on an Amerindian
reservation in Brazil. Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. J Invest Dermatol.
1996 Jul;107(1):68-75.
Liu Z, Haas AL, Diaz LA, Conrad CA, Gíudice GJ. Characterization of a novel
keratinocyte ubiquitin carrier protein. J Biol Chem. 1996 Feb 2;271(5):2817-22.
Balding SD, Prost C, Diaz LA, Bernard P, Bedane C, Aberdam D, Giudice GJ. Cicatricial
pemphigoid autoantibodies react with multiple sites on the BP180 extracellular domain. J
Invest Dermatol. 1996 Jan;106(1):141-6.
Santi CG, Maruta CW, Aoki V, Sotto MN, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. Pemphigus
herpetiformis is a rare clinical expression of nonendemic pemphigus foliaceus, fogo
selvagem, and pemphigus vulgaris. Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. J
Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Jan;34(1):40-6.
Liu Z, Diaz LA, Swartz SJ, Troy JL, Fairley JA, Giudice GJ. Molecular mapping of a
pathogenically relevant BP180 epitope associated with experimentally induced murine
bullous pemphigoid. J Immunol. 1995 Dec 1;155(11):5449-54.
Fairley JA, Heintz PW, Neuburg M, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. Expression pattern of the
bullous pemphigoid-180 antigen in normal and neoplastic epithelia. Br J Dermatol. 1995
Sep;133(3):385-91.
Giudice GJ, Liu Z, Diaz LA. An animal model of bullous pemphigoid: what can it teach
us? Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 1995 Jul;107(2):237-41.
Cunha PR, Focaccia RR, Diaz LA. Evolution of endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo
selvagem) after HIV-1 infection. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995 May;32(5 Pt 1):809-11.
Liu Z, Giudice GJ, Swartz SJ, Fairley JA, Till GO, Troy JL, Diaz LA. The role of
complement in experimental bullous pemphigoid. J Clin Invest. 1995 Apr;95(4):1539-44.
Emery DJ, Diaz LA, Fairley JA, Lopez A, Taylor AF, Giudice GJ. Pemphigus foliaceus
and pemphigus vulgaris autoantibodies react with the extracellular domain of
desmoglein-1. J Invest Dermatol. 1995 Mar;104(3):323-8.
Salanitro JP, Diaz LA. Anaerobic biodegradability testing of surfactants. Chemosphere.
1995 Mar;30(5):813-30.
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Rivitti EA, Sanches JA, Miyauchi LM, Sampaio SA, Aoki V, Diaz LA. Pemphigus
foliaceus autoantibodies bind both epidermis and squamous mucosal epithelium, but
tissue injury is detected only in the epidermis. The Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem
Research. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994 Dec;31(6):954-8.
Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Aoki V, Diaz LA. Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus, endemic
pemphigus foliaceus, or fogo selvagem (wild fire). Dermatol Clin. 1994 Oct;12(4):76576.
Olague-Alcala M, Giudice GJ, Diaz LA. Pemphigus foliaceus sera recognize an Nterminal fragment of bovine desmoglein 1. J Invest Dermatol. 1994 Jun;102(6):882-5.
Giudice GJ, Wilske KC, Anhalt GJ, Fairley JA, Taylor AF, Emery DJ, Hoffman RG,
Diaz LA. Development of an ELISA to detect anti-BP180 autoantibodies in bullous
pemphigoid and herpes gestationis. J Invest Dermatol. 1994 Jun;102(6):878-81.
Liu Z, Diaz LA, Giudice GJ. Autoimmune response against the bullous pemphigoid 180
autoantigen. Dermatology. 1994;189 Suppl 1:34-7.
Giudice GJ, Emery DJ, Zelickson BD, Anhalt GJ, Liu Z, Diaz LA. Bullous pemphigoid
and herpes gestationis autoantibodies recognize a common non-collagenous site on the
BP180 ectodomain. J Immunol. 1993 Nov 15;151(10):5742-50.
Liu Z, Diaz LA, Troy JL, Taylor AF, Emery DJ, Fairley JA, Giudice GJ. A passive
transfer model of the organ-specific autoimmune disease, bullous pemphigoid, using
antibodies generated against the hemidesmosomal antigen, BP180. J Clin Invest. 1993
Nov;92(5):2480-8.
Crosby DL, Diaz LA. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus. Fogo selvagem. Dermatol Clin.
1993 Jul;11(3):453-62.
Giudice GJ, Diaz LA. New laboratory methods in the investigation of bullous disease.
Dermatol Clin. 1993 Jul;11(3):419-27.
Crosby DL, Diaz LA. Bullous diseases. Introduction. Dermatol Clin. 1993 Jul;11(3):3738.
Allen EM, Giudice GJ, Diaz LA. Subclass reactivity of pemphigus foliaceus
autoantibodies with recombinant human desmoglein. J Invest Dermatol. 1993
May;100(5):685-91.
Calvanico NJ, Swartz SJ, Diaz LA. Affinity immunoblotting studies on the restriction of
autoantibodies from endemic pemphigus foliaceus patients. J Autoimmun. 1993
Apr;6(2):145-57.
Li K, Guidice GJ, Tamai K, Do HC, Sawamura D, Diaz LA, Uitto J. Cloning of partial
cDNA for mouse 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2), a highly conserved
collagenous protein of the cutaneous basement membrane zone. J Invest Dermatol. 1992
Sep;99(3):258-63.
Giudice GJ, Emery DJ, Diaz LA. Cloning and primary structural analysis of the bullous
pemphigoid autoantigen BP180. J Invest Dermatol. 1992 Sep;99(3):243-50.
Liu Z, Diaz LA, Haas AL, Giudice GJ. cDNA cloning of a novel human ubiquitin carrier
protein. An antigenic domain specifically recognized by endemic pemphigus foliaceus
autoantibodies is encoded in a secondary reading frame of this human epidermal
transcript. J Biol Chem. 1992 Aug 5;267(22):15829-35.
Rocha-Alvarez R, Friedman H, Campbell IT, Souza-Aguiar L, Martins-Castro R, Diaz
LA. Pregnant women with endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem) give birth to
disease-free babies. J Invest Dermatol. 1992 Jul;99(1):78-82.
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Li KH, Sawamura D, Giudice GJ, Diaz LA, Mattei MG, Chu ML, Uitto J. Genomic
organization of collagenous domains and chromosomal assignment of human 180-kDa
bullous pemphigoid antigen-2, a novel collagen of stratified squamous epithelium. J Biol
Chem. 1991 Dec 15;266(35):24064-9.
Alvarez RR, Campbell I, Friedman H, Bertoli ML, Gama GB, Diaz LA. Dermatosis
among the Xavánte from the Pimentel Barbosa Indian Reservation, Mato Grosso,
(Brazil). Cad Saude Publica. 1991 Oct-Dec;7(4):581-4.
Ryynänen M, Knowlton RG, Kero M, Sawamura D, Li KH, Giudice GJ, Diaz LA, Uitto
J. Bullous pemphigoid antigens (BPAGs): identification of RFLPs in human BPAG1 and
BPAG2, and exclusion as candidate genes in a large kindred with dominant
epidermolysis bullosa simplex. Genomics. 1991 Dec;11(4):1025-9.
Diaz LA, Gomez P, Hardisson C, Radicio MR. Biological characterization of the lytic
cycle of actinophage phi A7 in Streptomyces antibioticus. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1991
Sep 15;67(1):65-8.
Fairley JA, Scott GA, Jensen KD, Goldsmith LA, Diaz LA. Characterization of
keratocalmin, a calmodulin-binding protein from human epidermis. J Clin Invest. 1991
Jul;88(1):315-22.
Calvanico NJ, Martins CR, Diaz LA. Characterization of pemphigus foliaceus antigen
from human epidermis. J Invest Dermatol. 1991 Jun;96(6):815-21.
Calvanico NJ, Robledo MA, Diaz LA. Immunopathology of pemphigus. J Autoimmun.
1991 Feb;4(1):3-16.
Mutasim DF, Diaz LA. The relevance of immunohistochemical techniques in the
differentiation of subepidermal bullous diseases. Am J Dermatopathol. 1991
Feb;13(1):77-83.
Diaz LA, Hardisson C, Rodicio MR. Characterization of the temperate actinophage phi
A7 DNA and its deletion derivatives. J Gen Microbiol. 1991 Feb;137(2):293-8.
Giudice GJ, Squiquera HL, Elias PM, Diaz LA. Identification of two collagen domains
within the bullous pemphigoid autoantigen, BP180. J Clin Invest. 1991 Feb;87(2):734-8.
Moraes JR, Moraes ME, Fernandez-Vina M, Diaz LA, Friedman H, Campbell IT,
Alvarez RR, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Stastny P. HLA antigens and risk for development
of pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in endemic areas of Brazil. Immunogenetics.
1991;33(5-6):388-91.
Owaribe K, Kartenbeck J, Stumpp S, Magin TM, Krieg T, Diaz LA, Franke WW. The
hemidesmosomal plaque. I. Characterization of a major constituent protein as a
differentiation marker for certain forms of epithelia. Differentiation. 1990 Dec;45(3):20720.
Labib RS, Rock B, Martins CR, Diaz LA. Pemphigus foliaceus antigen: characterization
of an immunoreactive tryptic fragment from BALB/c mouse epidermis recognized by all
patients' sera and major autoantibody subclasses. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1990
Nov;57(2):317-29.
Empinotti JC, Diaz LA, Martins CR, Rivitti EA, Sampaio SA, Lombardi C, Sanches JA.
Endemic pemphigus foliaceus in western Parana, Brazil (1976-1988). Cooperative Group
for Fogo Selvagem Research. Br J Dermatol. 1990 Oct;123(4):431-7.
Diaz LA, Ratrie H 3rd, Saunders WS, Futamura S, Squiquera HL, Anhalt GJ, Giudice
GJ. Isolation of a human epidermal cDNA corresponding to the 180-kD autoantigen
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recognized by bullous pemphigoid and herpes gestationis sera. Immunolocalization of
this protein to the hemidesmosome. J Clin Invest. 1990 Oct;86(4):1088-94.
Martins CR, Labib RS, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. A soluble and immunoreactive fragment of
pemphigus foliaceus antigen released by trypsinization of viable human epidermis. J
Invest Dermatol. 1990 Aug;95(2):208-12.
Rock B, Labib RS, Diaz LA. Monovalent Fab' immunoglobulin fragments from endemic
pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies reproduce the human disease in neonatal Balb/c
mice. J Clin Invest. 1990 Jan;85(1):296-9.
Futamura S, Martins C, Rivitti EA, Labib RS, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Ultrastructural
studies of acantholysis induced in vivo by passive transfer of IgG from endemic
pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem). J Invest Dermatol. 1989 Oct;93(4):480-5.
Diezel W, Gruner S, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Inhibition of cutaneous contact
hypersensitivity by calcium transport inhibitors lanthanum and diltiazem. J Invest
Dermatol. 1989 Sep;93(3):322-6.
Labib RS, Camargo S, Futamura S, Martins CR, Rock B, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA.
Pemphigus foliaceus antigen: characterization of a keratinocyte envelope associated pool
and preparation of a soluble immunoreactive fragment. J Invest Dermatol. 1989
Aug;93(2):272-9.
Rock B, Martins CR, Theofilopoulos AN, Balderas RS, Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Futamura
S, Rivitti EA, Diaz LA. The pathogenic effect of IgG4 autoantibodies in endemic
pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem). N Engl J Med. 1989 Jun 1;320(22):1463-9.
Friedman H, Campbell IT, Alvarez RR, Diaz LA, De Castro RM, Roitman I, Parreiras
RM, Raick AN. Indirect immunofluorescence in endemic pemphigus foliaceus. A
contribution to its standardization. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1989 MayJun;31(3):158-68.
Diaz LA, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Martins CR, Cunha PR, Lombardi C, Almeida FA,
Castro RM, Macca ML, Lavrado C, et al. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem).
I. Clinical features and immunopathology. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1989 Apr;20(4):657-69.
Mutasim DF, Morrison LH, Takahashi Y, Labib RS, Skouge J, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. J
Invest Dermatol. 1989 Feb;92(2):225-30.
Anhalt GJ, Martins C, Rivitti E, Diaz LA. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo
Selvagem). Adv Dermatol. 1989;4:73-93; discussion 94.
Diaz LA, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Martins CR, Cunha PR, Lombardi C, Almeida FA,
Castro RM, Macca ML, Lavrado C, et al. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo
Selvagem): II. Current and historic epidemiologic studies. J Invest Dermatol. 1989
Jan;92(1):4-12.
Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. In vivo studies of antibody dependent acantholysis. Immunol Ser.
1989;46:291-316.
Dugan EM, Labib RS, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. Selective surface radioiodination of
keratinocytes in primary culture labels a 59 kD keratin and other surface proteins. Arch
Dermatol Res. 1989;281(7):463-9.
Squiquera HL, Diaz LA, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Martins CR, Cunha PR, Lombardi C,
Lavrado C, Borges P, Friedman H, et al. Serologic abnormalities in patients with endemic
pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo selvagem), their relatives, and normal donors from endemic
and non-endemic areas of Brazil. J Invest Dermatol. 1988 Aug;91(2):189-91.
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Morrison LH, Labib RS, Zone JJ, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Herpes gestationis autoantibodies
recognize a 180-kD human epidermal antigen. J Clin Invest. 1988 Jun;81(6):2023-6.
Koch WM, Dugan E, Diaz LA, Richtsmeier WJ. Induction of HLA-DR antigen on
human squamous carcinoma by recombinant interferon gamma. Laryngoscope. 1988
May;98(5):511-5.
Kawana S, Diaz LA, Rivitti EA, Geoghegan WD, Jordon RE. Complement fixation by
Brazilian Pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies. Clin Exp Immunol. 1988 Mar;71(3):4649.
Squiquera L, Robledo MA, Martins CR, Díaz LA. Structure of the dermo-epidemic
junction. Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1988;16(6):474-80.
Squiquera L, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA, Sampaio SA, Rivitti EA, Martins CR, Cunha PR,
Lombardi C, Almeida FA, Martins Castro A, et al. Immunopathogeny of pemphigus.
Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1988;16(5):385-92.
Matis WL, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA, Rivitti EA, Martins CR, Berger RS. Calcium enhances
the sensitivity of immunofluorescence for pemphigus antibodies. J Invest Dermatol. 1987
Sep;89(3):302-4.
Diaz LA, Sampaio SA, Martins CR, Rivitti EA, Macca ML, Roscoe JT, Takahashi Y,
Labib RS, Patel HP, Mutasim DF, et al. An autoantibody in pemphigus serum, specific
for the 59 kD keratin, selectively binds the surface of keratinocytes: evidence for an
extracellular keratin domain. J Invest Dermatol. 1987 Sep;89(3):287-95.
Anhalt GJ, Jampel HD, Patel HP, Diaz LA, Jabs DA, Mutasim DF. Bullous pemphigoid
autoantibodies are markers of corneal epithelial hemidesmosomes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis
Sci. 1987 May;28(5):903-7.
Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Bullous pemphigoid and other basement membrane antigens. Clin
Dermatol. 1987 Jan-Mar;5(1):93-109.
Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. Animal models for bullous pemphigoid. Clin Dermatol. 1987 JanMar;5(1):117-25.
Mutasim DF, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA, Patel HP. Linear immunofluorescence staining of the
cutaneous basement membrane zone produced by pemphigoid antibodies: the result of
hemidesmosome staining. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Jan;16(1 Pt 1):75-82.
Anhalt GJ, Till GO, Diaz LA, Labib RS, Patel HP, Eaglstein NF. Defining the role of
complement in experimental pemphigus vulgaris in mice. J Immunol. 1986 Nov
1;137(9):2835-40.
Roscoe JT, Naylor PH, Diaz LA, Labib RS, Patel HP, Goldstein AL, Sampaio SA,
Anhalt GJ. Elevated thymosin alpha I levels in Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus. Br J
Dermatol. 1986 Aug;115(2):147-50.
Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ, Hosokawa H, Takahashi Y. Bullous pemphigoid antigens. Keio J
Med. 1986 Jun;35(2):69-79.
Herrera-Esparza R, Provost TT, Diaz LA. Molecular characterization of Ro(SSA) and
La(SSB) proteins. J Rheumatol. 1986 Apr;13(2):327-30.
Herrera-Esparza R, Halim HY, Provost TT, Diaz LA. A sensitive and specific assay to
detect Ro(SS-A) and La(SS-B) antibodies. J Invest Dermatol. 1986 Mar;86(3):217-21.
Labib RS, Anhalt GJ, Patel HP, Mutasim DF, Diaz LA. Molecular heterogeneity of the
bullous pemphigoid antigens as detected by immunoblotting. J Immunol. 1986 Feb
15;136(4):1231-5.
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Diaz LA, Roscoe JT, Eaglstein NF, Labib RS, Patel HP, Mutasim DF, Anhalt GJ. Human
pemphigus autoantibodies are pathogenic to squamous epithelium.Ann N Y Acad Sci.
1986;475:181-91.
Anhalt GJ, Patel HP, Labib RS, Diaz LA, Proud D. Dexamethasone inhibits plasminogen
activator activity in experimental pemphigus in vivo but does not block acantholysis. J
Immunol. 1986 Jan;136(1):113-7.
Takahashi Y, Mutasim DF, Patel HP, Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Diaz LA. The use of human
pemphigoid autoantibodies to study the fate of epidermal basal cell hemidesmosomes
after trypsin dissociation. J Invest Dermatol. 1985 Oct;85(4):309-13.
Provost TT, Herrera-Esparza R, Diaz LA. Nucleoprotein autoantibodies in lupus
erythematosus. J Invest Dermatol. 1985 Jul;85(1 Suppl):133s-139s.
Labib RS, Anhalt GJ, Patel HP, Diaz LA. Epidermal proteins. I. Differential extraction
and quantitative polyacrylamide gel-electrophoretic analysis of basal spinous-cell
proteins of neonatal mouse epidermis. Arch Dermatol Res. 1985;277(4):253-63.
Takahashi Y, Patel HP, Labib RS, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ. Experimentally induced
pemphigus vulgaris in neonatal BALB/c mice: a time-course study of clinical,
immunologic, ultrastructural, and cytochemical changes. J Invest Dermatol. 1985
Jan;84(1):41-6.
Anhalt GJ, Bahn CF, Diaz LA. Bullous diseases. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 1985
Spring;25(1):37-59.
Mutasim DF, Takahashi Y, Labib RS, Anhalt GJ, Patel HP, Diaz LA. A pool of bullous
pemphigoid antigen(s) is intracellular and associated with the basal cell cytoskeletonhemidesmosome complex. J Invest Dermatol. 1985 Jan;84(1):47-53.
Patel HP, Diaz LA, Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Takahashi Y. Demonstration of pemphigus
antibodies on the cell surface of murine epidermal cell monolayers and their
internalization. J Invest Dermatol. 1984 Dec;83(6):409-15.
Avalos E, Patel H, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. Autoimmune injury of squamous epithelium by
pemphigus autoantibodies. Br J Dermatol. 1984 Sep;111(3):359-65.
Robinson HN, Anhalt GJ, Patel HP, Takahashi Y, Labib RS, Diaz LA. Pemphigus and
pemphigoid antigens are expressed in human amnion epithelium. J Invest Dermatol. 1984
Sep;83(3):234-7.
Lee EB, Anhalt GJ, Voorhees JJ, Diaz LA. Pathogenesis of scleroderma. Current
concepts. Int J Dermatol. 1984 Mar;23(2):85-9.
Wong RC, Ellis CN, Diaz LA. Behçet's disease. Int J Dermatol. 1984 Jan-Feb;23(1):2532.
Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Patel H, Diaz LA. Animal models. Clin Dermatol. 1983 OctDec;1(2):98-105.
Labib RS, Patel H, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. The pemphigus antigens. Clin Dermatol. 1983
Oct-Dec;1(2):82-91.
Anhalt GJ, Patel H, Diaz LA. Mechanisms of immunologic injury. Pemphigus and
bullous pemphigoid. Arch Dermatol. 1983 Sep;119(9):711-4.
Woo TY, Hogan VA, Patel H, Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Voorhees JJ, Diaz LA. Specificity
and inhibition of the epidermal cell detachment induced by pemphigus IgG in vitro. J
Invest Dermatol. 1983 Jul;81(1 Suppl):115s-21s.
Patel HP, Anhalt GJ, Diaz LA. Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris. Ann
Allergy. 1983 Mar;50(3):144-50.
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Patel HP, Anhalt GJ, Provost TT, Diaz LA. Immunopathology of pemphigus vulgaris,
bullous pemphigoid and related bullous dermatoses. Clin Immunol Rev. 19831984;2(2):157-86.
King AJ, Schwartz SA, Lopatin D, Voorhees JJ, Diaz LA. Suppressor cell function is
preserved in pemphigus and pemphigoid. J Invest Dermatol. 1982 Sep;79(3):183-5.
Anhalt GJ, Labib RS, Voorhees JJ, Beals TF, Diaz LA. Induction of pemphigus in
neonatal mice by passive transfer of IgG from patients with the disease. N Engl J Med.
1982 May 20;306(20):1189-96.
King AJ, Schwartz SA, Lopatin DE, Voorhees JJ, Diaz LA. Autoimmunity. Int J
Dermatol. 1981 Dec;20(10):642-6.
Cowen SJ, Anhalt GJ, Wicha MS, Sugar A, Labib RS, Diaz LA. Distribution of
pemphigus and pemphigoid antigens, laminin, and type IV collagen in corneal
epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1981 Dec;21(6):879-82.
Anhalt GJ, Bahn CF, Labib RS, Voorhees JJ, Sugar A, Diaz LA. Pathogenic effects of
bullous pemphigoid autoantibodies on rabbit corneal epithelium.J Clin Invest. 1981
Oct;68(4):1097-101.
Swanson NA, Mitchell AJ, Leahy MS, Headington JT, Diaz LA. Topical treatment of
alopecia areata. Arch Dermatol. 1981 Jul;117(7):384-7.
Patel H, Marcelo C, Voorhees JJ, Diaz LA. In vitro alterations of epidermal cell adhesion
induced by temperature, substrate, and cations. J Invest Dermatol. 1981 Jun;76(6):474-9.
Grekin PM, Levy GN, King AJ, Diaz LA. Some biochemical properties of pemphigoid
antigen bound to the surface of dissociated epidermal basal cells. J Invest Dermatol. 1981
Mar;76(3):190-2.
Good AE, Diaz LA, Bowerman RA. Basal cell carcinomas following roentgen therapy of
ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Rheum. 1980 Sep;23(9):1065-6.
Diaz LA, Patel H, Calvanico NJ. Isolation of pemphigus antigen from human saliva. J
Immunol. 1980 Feb;124(2):760-5.
Diaz LA. Molecular dissection of the dermal-epidermal junction. Am J Dermatopathol.
1980 Spring;2(1):79-81.
Diaz LA, Glamb RW, Silva J Jr. A syndrome of multiple immune autoreactivity. A
breakdown in immune regulation. Arch Dermatol. 1980 Jan;116(1):77-9.
Mitchell AJ, Rusin LJ, Diaz LA. Circumscribed scleroderma with immunologic evidence
of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arch Dermatol. 1980 Jan;116(1):69-73.
Díaz LA. Molecular structure of the epidermal extracellular spaces. Int J Dermatol. 1979
Jul-Aug;18(6):434-42.
Diaz LA, Lamkin BC, Dubin HV. Juvenile dermatitis herpetiformis. Arch Dermatol.
1979 May;115(5):584-6.
Diaz LA, Patel H, Calvanico NJ. Bullous pemphigoid antigen. II. Isolation from the urine
of a patient. J Immunol. 1979 Feb;122(2):605-8.
Diaz LA, Marcelo CL. Pemphigoid and pemphigus antigens in cultured epidermal cells.
Br J Dermatol. 1978 Jun;98(6):631-7.
Diaz LA, Weiss HJ, Calvanico NJ. Phylogenetic studies with pemphigus and pemphigoid
antibodies. Acta Derm Venereol. 1978;58(6):537-40.
Arce-Gomez E, Diaz LA, Rosas JA. Ejection fraction determined through
echocardiography in anginal patients treated with pentaeritritol. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp.
1977 Feb;21(2):177-82.
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Diaz LA, Calvanico NJ, Tomasi TB Jr, Jordon RE. Bullous pemphigoid antigen: isolation
from normal human skin. J Immunol. 1977 Feb;118(2):455-60.
Diaz LA, Heaphy MR, Calvanico NJ, Tomasi TB, Jordon RE. Separation of epidermis
from dermis with sodium thiocyanate. J Invest Dermatol. 1977 Jan;68(1):36-8.
Diaz LA, Calvanico NJ, Tomasi TB Jr, Jordon RE. PBS-soluble substances with blood
group activity from human epidermis and dermis. Acta Derm Venereol. 1977;57(6):4936.
Diaz LA, Provost TT, Tomasi TB Jr. Pustular necrotizing angiitis. Arch Dermatol. 1973
Jul;108(1):114-8.