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Results from preclinical models suggest that tamibarotene might also be effective in the treatment of diverse autoimmune diseases. The effect of tamibarotene on autoimmune diseases of the skin, however, has not been explored. We therefore examined the effect of tamibarotene on disease in the antibody-transfer mouse model of bullous pemphigoid (BP)-like epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA), a prototypical example for pemphigoid diseases. Pemphigoid diseases are a group of autoimmune blistering skin diseases driven by autoantibodies and the recruitment and activity of granulocytes in the dermis. In sharp contrast to its effect in models of other autoimmune diseases, tamibarotene aggravated EBA pronouncedly. At the peak of disease, skin inflammation in tamibarotene-treated mice involved, on average, 1.6-fold more of the total body surface compared to vehicle-treated mice. Tamibarotene markedly reduced the recruitment of regulatory T cells (Tregs) into the dermis. This blunted the counterregulatory mechanisms that normally curb skin inflammation in this model. The effect aligns with previous reports describing tamibarotene-mediated downregulation of skin-homing receptors on Tregs. In addition, tamibarotene prolonged the responsiveness of aging neutrophils to immune complexes in vitro, providing another mechanism that may exacerbate EBA. Collectively, our results suggest that tamibarotene may elicit detrimental effects in patients with EBA by abolishing the recruitment of Tregs into skin. This warrants great caution when using tamibarotene in patients with EBA and possibly other pemphigoid diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells14211661","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T00:47:36Z","timestamp":1761266856000},"page":"1661","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The Retinoid Tamibarotene Aggravates Skin Inflammation in a Model of Bullous Pemphigoid-like Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1225-9373","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Markus","family":"Thieme","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Rostock, Strempelstra\u00dfe 13, 18057 Rostock, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3015-656X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paul","family":"Schilf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sripriya","family":"Murthy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sina","family":"Gonther","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christoph M.","family":"Hammers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guido","family":"Heine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Chrisitan-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6701-048X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christian D.","family":"Sadik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of L\u00fcbeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 L\u00fcbeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1340","DOI":"10.15252\/emmm.201606434","article-title":"Am80-GCSF synergizes myeloid expansion and differentiation to generate functional neutrophils that reduce neutropenia-associated infection and mortality","volume":"8","author":"Li","year":"2016","journal-title":"EMBO Mol. 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