ArticleJournal of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis2023
The Role of Probiotics as an Adjunctive Therapy in Psoriasis.
Article in Journal of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Probiotic Supplements Benefit Psoriasis Therapy Rather Than Affecting Disease Risk: Evidence from NHANES Machine-Learning and Meta-Analysis Study.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of gut microbiota-targeted therapy in patients with psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC immunology · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy and safety of probiotics in the adjuvant treatment of psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Review
- Gut microbiota dysbiosis at the interface of neuropsychiatric disorders and their dermatological comorbidities.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Microbiome and Skin Health: A Systematic Review of Nutraceutical Interventions, Disease Severity, Inflammation, and Gut Microbiota.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Efficacy of Probiotic Supplementation in the Management of Psoriasis: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- The Effect of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei, and Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis on the Prevention of Asthma in an Animal Model.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Article
- Microbial Interventions for Inflammatory Skin Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Recent advances in therapeutic probiotics: insights from human trials.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: During the past decades, several unconventional strategies for controlling chronic inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis, have been developed. The use of probiotics has been gaining importance as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of these pathologies. Objectives: Evaluate the impact of the use of the Methods: 35 patients were randomly divided into two groups: 18 using probiotics and 17 using placebo. They were evaluated on days 0 and 60, with photographic records of lesions, IL17 and IL23 quantification and calculations of Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), Body Surface Area (BSA) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) clinical evaluation scores. Results: There was significative improvement in the clinical presentation and a reduction in the index of all clinical scores (PASI from 4.53 ± 4.457 to 3.57 ± 3.333, BSA from 5.44 ± 6.451 to 4.94 ± 5.961 and DLQI from 8.83 ± 8.631 to 7 ± 7.814, in the probiotic group. Conclusions: There was a Positive correlation between the use of probiotics and improvement of clinical aspects and clinical scores of disease severity, not associated with reduction in interleukins 17 and 23 blood levels.
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