Role of the IL-23/IL-17 pathway in rheumatic diseases: an overview

C Schinocca, C Rizzo, S Fasano, G Grasso… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-23 (IL-23) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine composed of two subunits, IL-23A (p19)
and IL-12/23B (p40), the latter shared with Interleukin-12 (IL-12). IL-23 is mainly produced …

The roles of tertiary lymphoid structures in chronic diseases

Y Sato, K Silina, M van den Broek, K Hirahara… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are ectopic lymphoid tissues that drive antigen-specific
immune responses at sites of chronic inflammation. Unlike secondary lymphoid organs such …

The pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis

DJ Veale, U Fearon - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, immune-mediated, inflammatory arthropathy that presents with
inflammation of the joints and entheses, including those of the axial skeleton, and is …

Psoriatic arthritis: pathogenesis and targeted therapies

AB Azuaga, J Ramírez, JD Cañete - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory immune-mediated disease
characterized by musculoskeletal inflammation (arthritis, enthesitis, spondylitis, and …

High endothelial venules (HEVs) in immunity, inflammation and cancer

L Blanchard, JP Girard - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
High endothelial venules (HEVs) are specialized blood vessels mediating lymphocyte
trafficking to lymph nodes (LNs) and other secondary lymphoid organs. By supporting high …

Single-cell RNA sequencing of psoriatic skin identifies pathogenic Tc17 cell subsets and reveals distinctions between CD8+ T cells in autoimmunity and cancer

J Liu, HW Chang, ZM Huang, M Nakamura… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Psoriasis is an inflammatory, IL-17–driven skin disease in which autoantigen-
induced CD8+ T cells have been identified as pathogenic drivers. Objective Our study …

Meningeal inflammation as a driver of cortical grey matter pathology and clinical progression in multiple sclerosis

R Magliozzi, OW Howell, M Calabrese… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Growing evidence from cerebrospinal fluid samples and post-mortem brain tissue from
individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and rodent models indicates that the meninges have …

Role of the IL-23/IL-17 axis in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: the clinical importance of its divergence in skin and joints

MA Boutet, A Nerviani, G Gallo Afflitto… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Psoriasis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease causing erythematosus and scaly skin
plaques; up to 30% of patients with psoriasis develop Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), which is …

Ectopic lymphoid neogenesis in rheumatic autoimmune diseases

M Bombardieri, M Lewis, C Pitzalis - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2017 - nature.com
Ectopic lymphoid neogenesis often occurs in the target tissues of patients with chronic
rheumatic autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren syndrome and other …

Single-cell sequencing reveals clonal expansions of pro-inflammatory synovial CD8 T cells expressing tissue-homing receptors in psoriatic arthritis

F Penkava, MDC Velasco-Herrera, MD Young… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a debilitating immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis of unknown
pathogenesis commonly affecting patients with skin psoriasis. Here we use complementary …