Dynamics and transcriptomics of skin dendritic cells and macrophages in an imiquimod-induced, biphasic mouse model of psoriasis

D Terhorst, R Chelbi, C Wohn, C Malosse… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology. Previous studies
showed that short-term, 5–7 d-long application of imiquimod (IMQ), a TLR7 agonist, to the …

Role of MyD88 signaling in the imiquimod-induced mouse model of psoriasis: focus on innate myeloid cells

S Costa, O Marini, D Bevilacqua… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease associated with deregulated activation of immune cells
and keratinocytes. In this study, we used the imiquimod (IMQ)-induced mouse model of …

Advanced characterization of imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like mouse model

M Jabeen, AS Boisgard, A Danoy, N El Kholti, JP Salvi… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis lead to the alteration of skin components
which generally manifests as unwanted topical symptoms. One of the most widely approved …

Langerinneg conventional dendritic cells produce IL-23 to drive psoriatic plaque formation in mice

C Wohn, JL Ober-Blöbaum, S Haak… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Psoriasis is an autoinflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology. Topical application of
Aldara cream containing the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7 agonist Imiquimod (IMQ) onto patients …

Imiquimod has strain-dependent effects in mice and does not uniquely model human psoriasis

WR Swindell, KA Michaels, AJ Sutter, D Diaconu… - Genome medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Imiquimod (IMQ) produces a cutaneous phenotype in mice frequently studied
as an acute model of human psoriasis. Whether this phenotype depends on strain or sex …

The epidermal immune microenvironment plays a dominant role in psoriasis development, as revealed by mass cytometry

Y Zhou, F Xu, XY Chen, BX Yan, ZY Wang… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. The diversity and heterogeneity of
immune cells in human skin have been studied in recent years, but the spatial distribution of …

TLRs to cytokines: mechanistic insights from the imiquimod mouse model of psoriasis

B Flutter, FO Nestle - European journal of immunology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin affecting 2–3% of the population,
characterized by a thickening of the epidermis and immune infiltrates throughout the dermis …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic changes in resident and infiltrating epidermal dendritic cells in active and resolved psoriasis

E Martini, M Wiken, S Cheuk, IG Sérézal… - Journal of Investigative …, 2017 - Elsevier
Epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) are spatially separated from dermal dendritic cells (DCs)
in healthy human skin. In active psoriasis, maintained by local production of IL-23 and IL-17 …

Specific roles for dendritic cell subsets during initiation and progression of psoriasis

E Glitzner, A Korosec, PM Brunner… - EMBO molecular …, 2014 - embopress.org
Several subtypes of APC s are found in psoriasis patients, but their involvement in disease
pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the contribution of Langerhans …

Activation of Langerhans cells promotes the inflammation in imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like dermatitis

C Xiao, Z Zhu, S Sun, J Gao, M Fu, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Langerhans cells (LCs) are epidermis-resident dendritic cells that
sense and mediate stimuli from skin and outside world, and participate in various skin …