Friday, December 6, 2013

Is Pemphigus foliaceus an autoimmune disease caused by cross-targeting? Do 2 infections trigger disease?

Cross-targeting:  the layering of 2 different infections on one target causing autoimmune disease.  A viral infection marking the inside. A larger infection marking the outside.

Does Pemphigus foliaceus have 2 associated infections?

Herpes virus and Pemphigus foliaceus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19822095
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21038546
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10606848
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21537760


Mycobacterias and  Pemphigus foliaceus
(psoriasis might be mycobacteria caused)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276776
leprosy and Pemphigus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1897831

Mycobacterium chelonae?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16405612

2 comments:

  1. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), supports a broad range of research on pemphigus to better understand what causes various forms of the disease and to develop better treatments. When researchers began to understand that pemphigus is an autoimmune disease, they were able to target their laboratory studies on immune function and to apply research advances in other autoimmune diseases to pemphigus. They have already clarified that effective therapies against this disease must stop production of the antibodies that attack the skin cells.

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  2. I am testing a cross-targeting autoimmune triggering hypothesis. I was questioning if it fits. Forgive me if it sounded as if i didn't think Pemphigus foliaceus was autoimmune.

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