Diagnosis and classification of psoriasis

SK Raychaudhuri, E Maverakis, SP Raychaudhuri - Autoimmunity reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory multi organ disease with well characterized pathology
occurring in the skin and often the joints. Although the disease has many characteristic and …

[HTML][HTML] Psoriasis and systemic inflammatory diseases: potential mechanistic links between skin disease and co-morbid conditions

BB Davidovici, N Sattar, PC Jörg, L Puig… - Journal of Investigative …, 2010 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is now classified as an immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) of the skin.
It is being recognized that patients with various IMIDs, including psoriasis, are at higher risk …

A prospective phase III, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study of brodalumab in patients with moderate‐to‐severe plaque psoriasis

KA Papp, K Reich, C Paul, A Blauvelt… - British Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background The interleukin‐17 cytokine family plays a central role in psoriasis
pathogenesis. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of brodalumab, a human anti …

Pathogenesis and therapy of psoriasis

MA Lowes, AM Bowcock, JG Krueger - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Psoriasis is one of the most common human skin diseases and is considered to have key
genetic underpinnings. It is characterized by excessive growth and aberrant differentiation of …

[HTML][HTML] Psoriasis vulgaris lesions contain discrete populations of Th1 and Th17 T cells

MA Lowes, T Kikuchi, J Fuentes-Duculan… - Journal of Investigative …, 2008 - Elsevier
The importance of T helper 17 (Th17) cells in inflammation and autoimmunity is now being
appreciated. We analyzed psoriasis skin lesions and peripheral blood for the presence of IL …

Extra-adrenal glucocorticoid biosynthesis: implications for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders

RM Slominski, RC Tuckey, PR Manna, AM Jetten… - Genes & …, 2020 - nature.com
Glucocorticoid synthesis is a complex, multistep process that starts with cholesterol being
delivered to the inner membrane of mitochondria by StAR and StAR-related proteins. Here …

A genome-wide association study of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis identifies new disease loci

Y Liu, C Helms, W Liao, LC Zaba, S Duan… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
A genome-wide association study was performed to identify genetic factors involved in
susceptibility to psoriasis (PS) and psoriatic arthritis (PSA), inflammatory diseases of the skin …

Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of psoriasis

Q Zhou, U Mrowietz, M Rostami-Yazdi - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated hyperproliferative inflammatory skin disease in
which a cytokine network concept is well established. Skin is a major target of oxidative …

Erythrodermic psoriasis: pathophysiology and current treatment perspectives

RK Singh, KM Lee, D Ucmak, M Brodsky… - … : Targets and Therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) is a rare and severe variant of psoriasis vulgaris, with an
estimated prevalence of 1%–2.25% among psoriatic patients. The condition presents with …

The association between psoriasis and dyslipidaemia: a systematic review

C Ma, CT Harskamp, EJ Armstrong… - British Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Psoriasis may be associated with dyslipidaemia, a known risk factor for cardiovascular
disease. This systematic review aims to synthesize evidence for the association between …