Psoriasis
Proportion of CD4+CD49b+LAG-3+ Type 1 Regulatory T Cells in the Blood of Psoriasis Patients Inversely Correlates with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index
Psoriasis skin lesions are created through chronic T-cell activation and expansion of autoreactive, skin resident αβ T helper type 17 (Th17) cell clones (Matos et al., 2017), suggesting a defect in normal tolerance mechanisms. A previous study determined that although psoriasis patients have normal numbers of circulating regulatory T (Treg) cells (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells), psoriatic Treg cells were less effective at suppressing alloreactive T cells compared with Treg cells from healthy individuals (Bovenschen et al., 2011; de Boer et al., 2007; Sugiyama et al., 2005).The Spectrum of Mild to Severe Psoriasis Vulgaris Is Defined by a Common Activation of IL-17 Pathway Genes, but with Key Differences in Immune Regulatory Genes
Mild versus severe psoriasis is often distinguished by clinical measures such as the extent of skin involvement or Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score, both of which use arbitrary boundaries. It is widely assumed that severe psoriasis involves higher levels of skin inflammation, but comparative molecular profiles of mild versus severe disease have not been performed. In this study, we used immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription PCR, and gene arrays to determine the phenotype of North American patients with mild psoriasis (n = 34, mean PASI score = 5.5) versus severe psoriasis (n = 23, mean PASI score = 23.2).
