Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28738209›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2017

Psoriasis: a mixed autoimmune and autoinflammatory disease.

Yun Liang, Mrinal K Sarkar, Lam C Tsoi, Johann E Gudjonsson

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Inflammatory niches as spatial drivers of disease mechanisms and targets for personalized treatment.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  14. Current Trends in Clinical Trials of Prodrugs.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Optimization andAnti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun LiangDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1910 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Mrinal K SarkarDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1910 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Lam C TsoiDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1910 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Johann E GudjonssonDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1910 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: johanng@med.umich.edu.
A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELL AND MOLECULAR DERMATOLOGYT32AR007197 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI JAMES TILFORD ELDER, Sunny Y Wong · 1986 to 2026
$4.2M
Role of the sex biased transcription factor VGLL3 in promoting autoimmune responses in SLER01AI130025 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Johann Eli Gudjonsson · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
Role of IL-13 and the IL-13 Associated rs20541 Risk Variant in the Pathogenesis of PsoriasisR01AR069071 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GUDJONSSON, JOHANN ELI · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Role of the Psoriasis Associated IL23R Risk Variants on Th17 Biology and FunctionK08AR060802 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GUDJONSSON, JOHANN ELI · 2011 to 2015
$636k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130025NIAMS NIH HHS K08 AR060802NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069071NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years marked progress has been made in our understanding of the critical biologic and immunologic pathways involved in psoriasis. Genetic studies have demonstrated that susceptibility to psoriasis involves components of both the adaptive and innate immune system and not surprisingly activation of both of these arms of the immune system is found in psoriatic skin. While adaptive immune responses predominate in chronic plaque psoriasis, innate and autoinflammatory responses dominate in pustular forms of psoriasis, with other clinical subtypes extending on a spectrum between plaque and pustular psoriasis. This makes psoriasis a unique disease where both autoimmune and autoinflammatory responses co-exist, with the balance between the two being critical in shaping its clinical presentation.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityInflammationAdaptive ImmunityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansImmunity, InnatePsoriasisSkin

Identifiers

PMID28738209
PMCPMC5705427
OpenAlexW2738316552

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