Tetrathiomolybdate, a copper chelator inhibited imiquimod-induced skin inflammation in mice

Resveratrol Ameliorates Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-Like Skin Inflammation in Mice

BACKGROUND The polyphenol resveratrol has anti-inflammatory effects in various cells, tissues, animals and human settings of low-grade inflammation. Psoriasis is a disease of both localized and systemic low-grade inflammation. The Sirtuin1 enzyme thought to mediate the effects of resveratrol is present in skin and resveratrol is known to down regulate NF-κB; an important contributor in the deve...

Dual Inhibition of TNFR1 and IFNAR1 in Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasiform Skin Inflammation in Mice.

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting 2-3% of the world population and is mainly characterized by epidermal hyperplasia, scaling, and erythema. A prominent role for TNF in the pathogenesis of psoriasis has been shown, and consequently various types of TNF antagonists such as etanercept and infliximab have been used successfully. Recently, increasing amounts of data suggest ...

Inflammation in Mice Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasiform Skin Dual Inhibition of TNFR1 and IFNAR1 in

Paeoniflorin inhibits skin lesions in imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like mice by downregulating inflammation.

Psoriasis is a common chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease. It is well known that macrophages, neutrophils and T-helper 1 (Th1)/T-helper 17 (Th17) cells play important roles in skin lesions by provoking inflammation. Paeoniflorin (PF) is the major effective component extracted from the root of Paeonia lactiflora, which has been widely used in China to treat inflammatory and autoimmune d...

Effects of Topical Application of Betamethasone on Imiquimod-induced Psoriasis-like Skin Inflammation in Mice.

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease mediated by dysregulated auto-reactive immune system. In this study, in order to confirm and further extend the pharmacological basis of topical steroids in psoriasis therapy, we investigated the effect of betamethasone ointment on imiquimod (IMQ)-induced skin inflammation in mice. In BALB/c mice, topical IMQ at the dose of 250 µg each on both si...