Fig. 3
From: Prevalence of pemphigus and pemphigoid autoantibodies in the general population
Anti-BP180-NC16A autoantibodies from healthy individuals bind to different epitopes within the NC16A domain. Samples from the indicated groups were tested for their IgG reactivity against NC16A2-3 (RSILPYGDSMDRIEKDRLQGMAPAAGADL). As reported previously [29, 30], high reactivity with this epitope was observed in BP patients. By contrast, only a minority of samples from healthy individuals with IgG reactivity against NC16A showed reactivity with this epitope. Abbreviations: NHS: normal human sera