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ArticleAnnals of dermatology2023

Progression of Pre-Existing Vitiligo during Secukinumab Treatment for Psoriasis.

Jin Cheol Kim, Eun-So Lee

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Article in Annals of dermatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exposome Risk Factors for Vitiligo: A Systematic Evidence Review.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. The immunology of vitiligo.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jin Cheol KimDepartment of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-8811
Eun-So LeeDepartment of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. esl@ajou.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-7704
Ajou University · KR

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HI16C0992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitiligo has been considered an unexplained paradoxical phenomenon during biologics use. Herein, we report an adult case of progression of pre-existing vitiligo during secukinumab treatment for psoriasis, and we also examined the immunohistochemical changes in relation to biologics use. He was being administered monthly secukinumab of 300 mg dose for 2 years, and all psoriatic lesions were cleared, but pre-existing hypopigmented lesions became more distinct and larger than before unlike when using adalimumab. A skin biopsy of the hypopigmented lesion showed loss of epidermal melanocytes and absence of gp100 immune activities, and he was finally diagnosed with progression of pre-existing vitiligo. Immunohistochemical staining of vitiligo lesion showed decrease in interleukin-17 and tumor necrosis factor-α and increase in CD8+ T cells, interferon-γ, and CXCL10 after the use of secukinumab. In this study, we suggest that biologics-induced cytokine imbalance play a critical role in vitiligo progression in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis.

Indexed as

BiologicsInterleukin-17PsoriasisSecukinumabVitiligo

Identifiers

PMID37853881
PMCPMC10608358
OpenAlexW4376470867

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