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Trial reportScientific reports2019

Assessment and Clinical Relevance of Serum IL-19 Levels in Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis Using a Sensitive and Specific Novel Immunoassay.

Robert J Konrad, Richard E Higgs, George H Rodgers, Wenyu Ming, Yue-Wei Qian, Nicoletta Bivi, Justin K Mack, Robert W Siegel, Brian J Nickoloff

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Interleukin-19 Regulates Adipose Tissue Dysfunction in Obesity: Interplay Between Inflammation and Vascularization.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  7. A Snapshot of Biomarkers in Psoriasis.Current drug discovery technologies · 2025
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  10. The Immunology of Psoriasis-Current Concepts in Pathogenesis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2024
    Review
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  13. [Molecular diagnosis of hand eczema].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
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  19. Skin Barrier Dysregulation in Psoriasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert J KonradLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Richard E HiggsLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
George H RodgersLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Wenyu MingLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Yue-Wei QianLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Nicoletta BiviLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Justin K MackLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Robert W SiegelLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
Brian J NickoloffLilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA. b.nickoloff@lilly.com.
Eli Lilly (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because development of reliable biomarkers in psoriasis and atopic dermatitis has lagged behind therapeutic progress, we created a blood-based test to fill the void in objective methods available for dermatological assessments. Our novel interleukin-19 (IL-19) immunoassay was initially tested to determine concentrations of IL-19 serum levels, then correlated with the psoriasis activity and severity index (PASI) in psoriasis, and the eczema area and severity index (EASI) in atopic dermatitis. Not only was IL-19 increased in psoriasis and correlated to PASI, but ixekizumab administration led to rapid, sustained IL-19 decreases to normal levels, with decreases at 2-weeks correlating with PASI improvement at 16-weeks. IL-19 increased upon ixekizumab withdraw, prior to relapse, and decreased following re-treatment. In baricitinib- and etanercept-treated psoriasis patients, IL-19 decreases also correlated with improvement. Many patients with limited skin disease, including genital psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients, also had increased IL-19, which was reduced to normal levels upon ixekizumab treatment, correlating with PASI improvement. We also measured IL-19 in baricitinib-treated atopic dermatitis patients. In atopic dermatitis, IL-19 was significantly elevated, correlated with EASI scores, and decreased with skin improvement. Therefore, measurement of serum IL-19 provides clinicians with an objective disease-activity assessment tool for psoriasis and atopic dermatitis patients.

Indexed as

AdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedArthritis, PsoriaticBiomarkersDermatitis, AtopicFemaleHumansImmunoassayInterleukinsMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBiomarkersIL19 protein, humanInterleukinsixekizumab

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PMID30914699
PMCPMC6435799
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