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ArticlePloS one2011

Genome-wide expression profiling of five mouse models identifies similarities and differences with human psoriasis.

William R Swindell, Andrew Johnston, Steve Carbajal, Gangwen Han, Christian Wohn, Jun Lu, Xianying Xing, Rajan P Nair, John J Voorhees, James T Elder and 7 more

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.

William R SwindellDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. wswindell@genetics.med.harvard.edu
Andrew Johnston
Steve Carbajal
Gangwen Han
Christian Wohn
Jun Lu
Xianying Xing
Rajan P Nair
John J Voorhees
James T Elder
Xiao-Jing Wang
Shigetoshi Sano
Errol P Prens
John DiGiovanni
Mark R Pittelkow
Nicole L Ward
Johann E Gudjonsson
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USErasmus MC · NLMayo Clinic · USMichigan United · USThe University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USHarvard University · USKōchi University · JPUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center · US

Funding

Vitamin D endocrine system and Protection Against Skin TumorlgenesisP30AR039750 · NIAMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI COOPER, KEVIN D · 1988 to 2015
$9.1M
Systems Biology CoreP50AR055508 · NIAMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI DIAZ-INSUA, MIREYA · 2007 to 2011
$6.8M
TYROSINE KINASES AND C SRC IN SKIN CANCERR01CA076520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIGIOVANNI, JOHN · 1998 to 2012
$3.7M
Combined Analysis of Gene Expression and DNA Variation in PsoriasisR01AR054966 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ELDER, JAMES TILFORD · 2007 to 2011
$3.2M
TGF BETA SIGNALING AND SKIN CARCINOGENESISR01CA079998 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI WANG, XIAO-JING · 1999 to 2009
$2.1M
Amphiregulin in Psoriatic Epidermal HyperplasiaR01AR052889 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ELDER, JAMES TILFORD · 2006 to 2010
$1.4M
Effects of altering TGF beta signaling on wound healingR01GM070966 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, XIAO-JING · 2004 to 2007
$940k
TARGETED LIPOSOMAL DRUG DELIVERY TO LEUKEMIA CELLSR43CA089849 · NCI · MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. · PI FUJII, GARY · 2001 to 2001
$157k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of a suitable mouse model would facilitate the investigation of pathomechanisms underlying human psoriasis and would also assist in development of therapeutic treatments. However, while many psoriasis mouse models have been proposed, no single model recapitulates all features of the human disease, and standardized validation criteria for psoriasis mouse models have not been widely applied. In this study, whole-genome transcriptional profiling is used to compare gene expression patterns manifested by human psoriatic skin lesions with those that occur in five psoriasis mouse models (K5-Tie2, imiquimod, K14-AREG, K5-Stat3C and K5-TGFbeta1). While the cutaneous gene expression profiles associated with each mouse phenotype exhibited statistically significant similarity to the expression profile of psoriasis in humans, each model displayed distinctive sets of similarities and differences in comparison to human psoriasis. For all five models, correspondence to the human disease was strong with respect to genes involved in epidermal development and keratinization. Immune and inflammation-associated gene expression, in contrast, was more variable between models as compared to the human disease. These findings support the value of all five models as research tools, each with identifiable areas of convergence to and divergence from the human disease. Additionally, the approach used in this paper provides an objective and quantitative method for evaluation of proposed mouse models of psoriasis, which can be strategically applied in future studies to score strengths of mouse phenotypes relative to specific aspects of human psoriasis.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAminoquinolinesAnimalsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEpidermisGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsHumansImiquimodKeratinocytesLeukocytesMiceMiddle AgedAminoquinolinesCytokinesImiquimodReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptor, TIE-2Tek protein, mouse

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PMID21483750
PMCPMC3070727
OpenAlexW2123342417

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