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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2021

Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease: Novel Mechanisms and Evolving Therapeutics.

Brittany Weber, Joseph F Merola, M Elaine Husni, Marcelo Di Carli, Jeffrey S Berger, Michael S Garshick

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Brittany WeberDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joseph F MerolaDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
M Elaine HusniDepartment of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Marcelo Di CarliDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jeffrey S BergerCardio-Rheumatology Program, Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Michael S GarshickCardio-Rheumatology Program, Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. Michael.Garshick@nyulangone.org.

Funding

Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Research Training ProgramT32HL094301 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Marcelo F DI CARLI · 2010 to 2026
$7.8M
Mechanisms of Platelet Activity in Vascular DiseaseR35HL144993 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BERGER, JEFFREY S · 2019 to 2025
$5.5M
Platelet Activity and Vascular Health in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusR01HL139909 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BERGER, JEFFREY S, BUYON, JILL P · 2018 to 2022
$4.3M
Advanced CV imaging and immunophenotyping to study coronary vascular health in psoriasisK23HL159276 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WEBER, BRITTANY NICOLE · 2021 to 2025
$962k
Endovascular Health and Platelet Activity in PsoriasisK23HL152013 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GARSHICK, MICHAEL SETH · 2021 to 2025
$865k
American Heart Association 18CDA34080540NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL152013NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL159276NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139909NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL144993NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL094301NIH HHS K23 HL152013NIH HHS T32 HL094301.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that is associated with increased cardiovascular risk compared to those without psoriasis. This review will cover emerging mechanisms of cardiovascular risk, key pathways targeted with biologic therapies, and the current evidence on therapies to modulate this risk in patients with psoriasis. RECENT

findingsRecent scientific work has highlighted mechanisms that contribute to this enhanced risk, including the role of vascular endothelial dysfunction, platelet activation, dyslipidemia, and increased cardiometabolic comorbidities. Newer biologic and targeted synthetic therapies have transformed psoriasis treatment with high rates of clinical remission and durable skin disease control now possible. Epidemiological evidence suggests that many of these therapies may lower cardiovascular risk in psoriasis, although prospective interventional data is lacking (or mixed). Recently, caution has also been raised that some treatments may negatively affect cardiovascular risk. Overall, the current data suggests a positive or neutral ability to reduce cardiovascular risk for TNF, IL-17A, and IL-12/23p40 inhibitors, but current evidence remains conflicting for anti-IL-23/p19 and JAK inhibitors. More studies that include prospective cohorts, larger number of patients, treatment duration, and validated surrogate outcomes are needed to better evaluate the role of biologic therapies on cardiovascular risk in psoriasis.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesPsoriasisComorbidityHumansProspective StudiesCardiovascular diseaseDyslipidemiaInflammationPsoriasis

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PMID34468875
PMCPMC9744099

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