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ArticleJournal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab2025

Investigation of potential biomarkers for psoriasis in skin with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and ambient ionization mass spectrometry.

Yi-Wen Hsu, Hung Su, Deng-Chyang Wu, Chi-Wei Lee, Sung-Jen Hung, Jentaie Shiea

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Yi-Wen HsuInstitute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.
Hung SuDepartment of Chemistry, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung 824004, Taiwan.
Deng-Chyang WuDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan.
Chi-Wei LeeInstitute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.
Sung-Jen HungDepartment of Dermatology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Jentaie ShieaDepartment of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.

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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with an unclear etiology that affects skin, nails, and joints and often accompanies comorbidities. Recent studies indicate that alterations in metabolites within psoriatic lesions might be linked to inflammation. Studying bioactive lipid mediators or metabolites in skin inflammation and immunity might provide new potential biomarkers and therapeutic prediction factors. Methods: Lipids and peptides in the scale extracts from psoriasis patients and healthy controls were characterized by thermal desorption-electrospray ionizationmass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flightmass spectrometry, respectively. Principal component analysis (PCA) was then applied to these data to identify potential differences between psoriasis patients and healthy controls. Results: Psoriatic plaques show reduced wax esters and triglycerides and a predominant increase in human neutrophil defensins (HNPs), compared to non-lesional sites of psoriatic patients and healthy control. Additionally, when medical treatments were administered to psoriasis patients, levels of HNPs were significantly reduced, suggesting that they may serve as potential biomarkers to evaluate therapeutic efficacy for psoriasis. Conclusion: Two mass spectrometric techniques were used to rapidly and non-invasively identify and monitor potential biomarkers between psoriasis patients and healthy controls. However, PCA results only showed slight differences, and we intend to broaden the sample base in the future to increase the statistical power of the investigation.

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BiomarkerHuman neutrophil defensinMALDI-TOF MSPsoriasisThermal desorption-electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry

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