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JAK Inhibitors for Treatment of Psoriasis: Focus on Selective TYK2 Inhibitors.

Miguel Nogueira, Luis Puig, Tiago Torres

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Review in Drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.4field-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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Safety and efficacy of Deucravacitinib for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: A meta-analysis.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024
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  9. The Role of TYK2 Inhibitors in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Psoriasis.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2026
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  14. Psoriasis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  20. Pharmacological Management of Psoriasis: Current Landscape and Future Perspectives.Recent advances in inflammation & allergy drug discovery · 2025
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24 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Miguel NogueiraDepartment of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Luis PuigDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-0952
Tiago TorresDepartment of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal. torres.tiago@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-0870
Centro Hospitalar do Porto · PTHospital de Sant Pau · ESUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in the treatment of psoriasis, there is an unmet need for effective and safe oral treatments. The Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway plays a significant role in intracellular signalling of cytokines of numerous cellular processes, important in both normal and pathological states of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Particularly in psoriasis, where the interleukin (IL)-23/IL-17 axis is currently considered the crucial pathogenic pathway, blocking the JAK-STAT pathway with small molecules would be expected to be clinically effective. However, relative non-specificity and low therapeutic index of the available JAK inhibitors have delayed their integration into the therapeutic armamentarium of psoriasis. Current research appears to be focused on Tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2), the first described member of the JAK family. Data from the Phase II trial of BMS-986165-a selective TYK2 inhibitor-in psoriasis have been published and clinical results are encouraging, with a large Phase III programme ongoing. Further, the selective TYK2 inhibitor PF-06826647 is being tested in moderate-to-severe psoriasis in a Phase II clinical trial. Brepocitinib, a potent TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor, is also being evaluated, as both oral and topical treatment. Results of studies with TYK2 inhibitors will be important in assessing the clinical efficacy and safety of these drugs and their place in the therapeutic armamentarium of psoriasis. This article reviews current data on the impact of JAK inhibitors in the treatment of adult patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis.

Indexed as

Heterocyclic CompoundsHumansJanus Kinase InhibitorsPsoriasisTYK2 KinasedeucravacitinibHeterocyclic CompoundsJanus Kinase InhibitorsTYK2 KinaseTYK2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID32020553
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