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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2022

A sharp decrease of Th17, CXCR3+-Th17, and Th17.1 in peripheral blood is associated with an early anti-IL-17-mediated clinical remission in psoriasis.

Sotirios G Tsiogkas, Athanasios Mavropoulos, Efthimios Dardiotis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Dimitrios P Bogdanos

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A review of core immuno-inflammatory mechanisms and key regulatory targets in psoriasis.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2026
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  6. Inflammation and Psoriasis: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sotirios G TsiogkasDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8900-7281
Athanasios MavropoulosDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5328-1323
Efthimios DardiotisDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2957-641X
Efterpi ZafiriouDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-7292
Dimitrios P BogdanosDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9697-7902
University of Thessaly · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis-an immune-mediated skin disease-implicates in its pathophysiology by circulating pro-inflammatory cell populations, cytokines, and their interactions with the epidermis. The direct effect of approved anti-interleukin- (IL-)17A and anti-IL-17R biologic therapy on immunophenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear lymphocytes' (PBMCs) relative sub-population frequencies in psoriasis patients has not yet been described. Using multiparameter flow cytometry we examined T-cell subpopulations characterized by CCR6, CCR4, and CXCR3 chemokine receptor surface expression at baseline and after initiation of biologic therapy in PBMCs collected from 30 psoriasis patients. Increased CD3+CD4+CXCR3+, CD3+CD4+CCR6+CCR4+CXCR3+(CXCR3+-Th17), and CD3+CD4+CCR6+CCR4-CXCR3+(Th17.1) cell populations were observed in patients with psoriasis in comparison to healthy individuals (n = 10). IL-17 therapeutic blockade decreased CD3+CD4+CCR6+, CD3+CD4+CXCR3+, CD3+CD4+CCR6-CXCR3+(Th1), CD3+CD4+CCR6+CCR4+(Th17), CD3+CD4+CCR6+CCR4+CXCR3+(CXCR3+-Th17), and CD3+CD4+CCR6+CCR4-CXCR3+(Th17.1) cell populations in responding psoriasis patients. Moreover, CD3+CD4-CCR6+, CD3+CD4-CXCR3+, CD3+CD4-CCR6+CCR4+(Tc17), and CD3+CD4-CCR6-CXCR3+(Tc1) percentages were also inhibited. Modulation of the same cell sub-populations was also assessed in patients treated with methotrexate (n = 4), apremilast (n = 4), and anti-IL-23 biologic treatment (n = 4). In our study, the levels and functional capacity of peripheral pro-inflammatory Th1, Th17, and additional CCR6+T cell sub-gated populations from psoriasis patients that were treated with anti-IL-17 or anti-IL-17R targeted biologic therapy were explored for the first time. Our data clearly demonstrate that early anti-IL-17 mediated clinical remission is accompanied by a significant decrease of Th1, Th17, CXCR3+-Th17, and Th17.1 cells.

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Biological ProductsPsoriasisCytokinesHumansInterleukinsLeukocytes, MononuclearMethotrexateReceptors, CXCR3Th17 CellsBiological ProductsCXCR3 protein, humanCytokinesInterleukinsMethotrexateReceptors, CXCR3anti-IL-17IL-17inflammation. psoriasisT cells

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PMID35925616
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