Antigen | Abnormal staining | Usual pattern of staining |
Keratin 14 | EBS | Absent or markedly reduced |
Laminin-332 (laminin-5) | Severe JEB (previously JEB generalized severe, Herlitz JEB) | Absent or markedly reduced |
Intermediate JEB* (previously JEB generalized intermediate, non-Herlitz JEB) | Reduced |
Type XVII collagen | Intermediate JEB¶ (previously JEB generalized intermediate, non-Herlitz JEB) | Absent |
Localized JEB | Reduced |
Type VII collagen | Severe RDEB | Absent or markedly reduced |
Intermediate RDEB | Reduced |
RDEB inversa | Variable |
Self-improving DEB (also known as bullous dermolysis of the newborn, only during period of active blistering) | Granular staining within basal and suprabasal keratinocytes; absent or markedly reduced staining along DEJ |
Plectin | EBS-MD | Absent or reduced |
EBS-PA | Absent or reduced |
EBS, intermediate with PLEC pathogenic variants (formerly type Ogna) | Reduced |
Alpha-6 beta-4 integrin | JEB-PA | Absent or reduced |
EBS-PA | Absent or reduced |
JEB localizedΔ | Reduced |
Kindlin-1 | Kindler EB | Absent, reduced, or normal◊ |