ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2023
A case of drug-induced bullous pemphigoid secondary to immunotherapy treated with upadacitinib: A case report.
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- Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced bullous pemphigoid: a systematic review of clinical characteristics and outcomes based on case reports.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term upadacitinib treatment in a patient with atopic dermatitis, bullous pemphigoid, and alopecia areata: a case report and review of the literature.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Upadacitinib for the treatment of refractory bullous pemphigoid: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Tyrosine kinase signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin diseases (pemphigoid diseases).Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Steroid resistant bullous pemphigoid induced by pembrolizumab in a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Associated factors related to production of autoantibodies and dermo-epidermal separation in bullous pemphigoid.Archives of dermatological research · 2025Review
- JAK-STAT pathway, type I/II cytokines, and new potential therapeutic strategy for autoimmune bullous diseases: update on pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Pathophysiology of Bullous Pemphigoid: Role of Type 2 Inflammation and Emerging Treatment Strategies (Narrative Review).Advances in therapy · 2024Review
- The Use of Biologic Agents for the Treatment of Cutaneous Immune-Related Adverse Events from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Review of Reported Cases.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2024Review
- Treatment and molecular analysis of bullous pemphigoid with tofacitinib: a case report and review of current literature.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Case report: Lichenoid eruption under immunotherapy with MK-4830 and pembrolizumab in a breast cancer patient.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- From Molecular Insights to Clinical Perspectives in Drug-Associated Bullous Pemphigoid.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Janus kinase inhibitors in autoimmune bullous diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid is an acquired autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease that can arise following exposure to systemic medication, referred to as drug-induced bullous pemphigoid. Drug-induced bullous pemphigoid is a rare but potentially serious immune-related adverse event that should be considered in patients with advanced malignancies undergoing immunotherapy, with immune checkpoint inhibitors emerging in particular as a well-documented drug association in drug-induced bullous pemphigoid. We present a 74-year-old female with recurrent metastatic programmed cell death-ligand 1-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck area who developed drug-induced bullous pemphigoid in the setting of immunotherapy with a novel immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 inhibitor (MK-4830) in combination with pembrolizumab. Treatment with upadacitinib, a Janus-associated kinase-1 inhibitor, was pursued for significantly disabling disease that was recalcitrant to standard therapies and ultimately transition to palliative care. Follow-up at 4 weeks demonstrated good response. This is the first report describing the use of a Janus-associated kinase inhibitor for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid.
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