The prevalance of autoantibodies to structural components to the skin is largely unknown. We here will determine the incidence these autoantibodies in a cohort of over 10,000 blood donors using immunofluorescence testing.

Parts of the thesis have been published (Prüßmann & Prüßmann et al, Exp Dermatol). Wiebke Prüßmann graduated in 06/2015 and is currently working as a PostDoc the laboratory of Thomas Kupper in the Department of Dermatology of the Brigham and Woman’s Hospital and the Harvard Medical School in Boston.