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Historically, the most influential PV pathogenesis concept is that of Stanley and Amagai. This concept holds that autoantibodies against desmogleins are both essential and sufficient for epidermal blister formation (acantholysis) by impeding the normal functioning of these major adhesion proteins. However, as with most good theories, this landmark concept has left a number of intriguing and important questions open (or at least has not managed to answer these to <jats:italic>everyone's<\/jats:italic> satisfaction). Moreover, selected dissenting voices in the literature have increasingly called attention to what may or may not be construed as inconsistencies in this dominant PV pathogenesis paradigm of the recent past. The present debate feature therefore bravely rises to the challenge of re\u2010examining the entire currently available evidence, as rationally and as undogmatically as possible, by provocatively asking a carefully selected congregation of experts (who have never before jointly published on this controversial topic!) to discuss how essential anti\u2010desmoglein autoantibodies really are in the immunopathogenesis of PV. Not surprisingly, some of our expert \u2018witnesses\u2019 in this animated debate propose diametrically opposed answers to this question. While doing so, incisive additional questions are raised that relate to the central one posed, and our attention is called to facts that may deserve more careful consideration than they have received so far. Together with the intriguing (often still very speculative) complementary or alternative pathogenesis scenarios proposed in the following pages, this offers welcome \u2018food for thought\u2019 as well as very specific suggestions for important future research directions \u2013 within and beyond the camp of PV aficionados. The editors trust that this attempt at a rational public debate of the full evidence that is currently at hand will constructively contribute to further dissecting the exciting \u2013 and clinically very relevant! \u2013 immunopathogenesis of PV in all its complexity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0625.2006.00499_1.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,9,18]],"date-time":"2006-09-18T11:08:48Z","timestamp":1158577728000},"page":"815-815","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Are desmoglein autoantibodies essential for the immunopathogenesis of pemphigus vulgaris, or just \u2018witnesses of disease'?"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ralf","family":"Paus","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Amagai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. 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