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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Successful treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with vunakizumab: a case report and literature review.

Mei Zhang, Ming He, Ting Tang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Mei ZhangThe First Clinical Medical College, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Ming HeDepartment of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Ting TangDepartment of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent, and disabling inflammatory skin disorder. To our knowledge, this study reports the first use of vunakizumab, a domestically developed anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of HS. We present the case of a 17-year-old boy with a 5-year history of recurrent painful nodules and abscesses on the buttocks who had been repeatedly misdiagnosed with common acute bacterial infections and had responded poorly to conventional antibiotics. After 8 weeks of treatment with vunakizumab, which offered a pharmacoeconomic advantage during the transition period before its inclusion in China's national insurance system, the patient showed marked improvement, with complete resolution of nodules, abscesses, and tunnels and no recurrence or significant adverse events during 10 months of follow-up. This case highlights the potential of vunakizumab in the treatment of HS and supports the pathogenic role of IL-17 in the disease.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHidradenitis SuppurativaAdolescentHumansInterleukin-17MaleTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedInterleukin-17case reporthidradenitis suppurativaIL-17 inhibitorpharmacoeconomicsvunakizumab

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PMID42591326
PMCPMC13461627

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