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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2023

Cutaneous lesions in psoriatic arthritis are enriched in chemokine transcriptomic pathways.

Hanna Johnsson, John Cole, Stefan Siebert, Iain B McInnes, Gerard Graham

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2023. 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hanna JohnssonSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
John ColeSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
Stefan SiebertSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
Iain B McInnesSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
Gerard GrahamSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK. Gerard.Graham@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7801-204X
University of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office CAF/16/06Chief Scientist Office CAF16/06Medical Research Council MR/M019764/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 217093/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSkin from people with psoriasis has been extensively studied and is assumed to be identical to skin from those with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Chemokines and the CC chemokine scavenger receptor ACKR2 are upregulated in uninvolved psoriasis. ACKR2 has been proposed as a regulator of cutaneous inflammation in psoriasis. The aim of this study was to compare the transcriptome of PsA skin to healthy control (HC) skin and evaluate ACKR2 expression in PsA skin.

methodsFull-thickness skin biopsies from HC, lesional and uninvolved skin from participants with PsA were sequenced on NovaSeq 6000. Findings were validated using qPCR and RNAscope.

resultsNine HC and nine paired PsA skin samples were sequenced. PsA uninvolved skin was transcriptionally similar to HC skin, and lesional PsA skin was enriched in epidermal and inflammatory genes. Lesional PsA skin was enriched in chemokine-mediated signalling pathways, but uninvolved skin was not. ACKR2 was upregulated in lesional PsA skin but had unchanged expression in uninvolved compared with HC skin. The expression of ACKR2 was confirmed by qPCR, and RNAscope demonstrated strong expression of ACKR2 in the suprabasal layer of the epidermis in PsA lesions.

conclusionChemokines and their receptors are upregulated in lesional PsA skin but relatively unchanged in uninvolved PsA skin. In contrast to previous psoriasis studies, ACKR2 was not upregulated in uninvolved PsA skin. Further understanding of the chemokine system in PsA may help to explain why inflammation spreads from the skin to the joints in some people with psoriasis.

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Arthritis, PsoriaticPsoriasisChemokinesHumansInflammationTranscriptomeChemokinesAtypical chemokine receptor 2ChemokinesPsoriatic arthritisSkinTranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID37131254
PMCPMC10152590
OpenAlexW4367835192

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