Expression of antimicrobial peptides and proteins in etanercept-treated psoriasis patients.
Summary of "Expression of antimicrobial peptides and proteins in etanercept-treated psoriasis patients."
Recent papers highlight the role of dysregulated expression of antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Etanercept, a blocker of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), is effective in the treatment of psoriasis. We aimed to evaluate the expression profiles of AMPs in psoriatic skin before and after a 6-week course of etanercept therapy. We included 12 psoriasis patients who underwent medium-dose etanercept treatment for 6weeks. At baseline and at the end of therapy immunohistochemistry from lesional skin was performed for psoriasin, LL-37, and human ß-defensin 2 (hBD-2). After 6-week treatment, the modified psoriasis area and severity index significantly decreased from 37.5±5.9 to 14±13.4. Lesional immunoreactivity scores of psoriasin, LL-37, and hBD-2 also significantly decreased after a 6-week course of etanercept. We have demonstrated that etanercept-induced improvement of psoriasic lesions is associated with a significant decline of AMP protein expression.
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Name: Regulatory peptides
ISSN: 1873-1686
Pages: 163-6
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21324346
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2011.02.001
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