We also demonstrated that in diseased human skin biopsies of bullous pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis and EBA, sub-epidermal blisters display elevated levels of GzmB at the DEJ accompanied by degradation of the newly discovered GzmB substrates α6/β4 integrin, collagen VII, and collagen XVII. This evidence concerns the gene GZMB and dermatitis herpetiformis.