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ArticleExperimental dermatology2022

Suppression of IL-12/IL-23 p40 subunit in the skin and blood of psoriasis patients by Tofacitinib is dependent on active interferon-γ signaling in dendritic cells: Implications for the treatment of psoriasis and interferon-driven diseases.

Nanette L A Vincken, Paco M J Welsing, Sandra C Silva-Cardoso, Cornelis P J Bekker, Ana P Lopes, Michel Olde Nordkamp, Emmerik F A Leijten, Timothy R D J Radstake, Chiara Angiolilli

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Article in Experimental dermatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nanette L A VinckenCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2892-4814
Paco M J WelsingDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sandra C Silva-CardosoCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Cornelis P J BekkerCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ana P LopesCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Michel Olde NordkampCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Emmerik F A LeijtenCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Timothy R D J RadstakeCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chiara AngiolilliCenter for Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23 are pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by dendritic cells (DCs) and associated with Psoriasis (Pso) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) pathogenesis. Tofacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, effectively suppresses inflammatory cascades downstream the IL-12/IL-23 axis in Pso and PsA patients. Here, we investigated whether Tofacitinib directly regulates IL-12/IL-23 production in DCs, and how this regulation reflects responses to Tofacitinib in Pso patients. We treated monocyte-derived dendritic cells and myeloid dendritic cells with Tofacitinib and stimulated cells with either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or a combination of LPS and IFN-γ. We assessed gene expression by qPCR, obtained skin microarray and blood Olink data and clinical parameters of Pso patients treated with Tofacitinib from public data sets. Our results indicate that in DCs co-stimulated with LPS and IFN-γ, but not with LPS alone, Tofacitinib leads to the decreased expression of IL-23/IL-12 shared subunit IL12B (p40). In Tofacitinib-treated Pso patients, IL-12 expression and psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) are significantly reduced in patients with higher IFN-γ at baseline. These findings demonstrate for the first time that Tofacitinib suppresses IL-23/IL-12 shared subunit IL12B in DCs upon active IFN-γ signaling, and that Pso patients with higher IFN-γ baseline levels display improved clinical response after Tofacitinib treatment.

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Interferon-gammaInterleukin-12 Subunit p40Janus Kinase InhibitorsPiperidinesPsoriasisPyrimidinesSkinArthritis, PsoriaticDendritic CellsHumansLipopolysaccharidesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12 Subunit p40Janus Kinase InhibitorsLipopolysaccharidesPiperidinesPyrimidinestofacitinibdendritic cellsinterferonJanus Kinase Inhibitorsp40psoriasis

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PMID35297512
PMCPMC9313893
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