Abstract
Psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD) are common inflammatory skin diseases characterized by immune-mediated inflammation and abnormal keratinocyte differentiation. Although T-cell infiltration characterizes both diseases, T-cell polarization differs. Psoriasis is currently the best model for translational medicine because many targeted therapeutics have been developed and testing of targeted therapeutics has cemented psoriasis as IL-23/TH17 polarized. In patients with AD, although therapeutic development is approximately a decade behind that in patients with psoriasis, there is now active development and testing of targeted therapeutics against various immune axes (TH2, TH22, and IL-23/TH17). These clinical trials and subsequent molecular analyses using human samples will be able to clarify the relative roles of polar cytokines in patients with AD.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 324-336 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2015 |
Keywords
- IL-23
- Psoriasis
- T17
- T2
- T22
- atopic dermatitis
- biologics
- eczema