High levels of proinflammatory cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor (TNF), have been detected in psoriatic skin lesions and joints of patients with the inflammatory disease. Early results of treatment of psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis with TNF neutralising agents are encouraging, but whether these agents will be able to improve long term outcomes, such as disability, is not yet known.

The cyclic AMP level in epidermis of psoriatic patients was reappraised with a highly sensitive radioimmunoassay method in conjunction with an improved skin biopsy technique to avoid any artificial rise of cyclic AMP due to ischemia. Local intradermal injection before biopsy was avoided, since even saline injection caused a clear-cut ischemia effect. The results concur with our previous study: ...

Psoriasis is a chronic, recurrent skin disease that has an unknown trigger. Recent development in understanding the disease mechanisms led to the idea that psoriasis has a genetic background on which external triggers act to develop the psoriatic lesions. This review presents the newest information regarding the genetic variants of the psoriatic patients and their influence on disease evolution...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to determine the influence of the psoriatic patient knowledge of the disease on the quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was carried out in 149 patients with psoriasis. All patients answered on anonymous questionnaire, in according to Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI). RESULTS Almost 43% patients could not show any factor which provoked their disea...

Background: C-reactive protein is an inflammatory biomarker and its level increases in the serum of psoriatic patients. Its level is also associated with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the decrement of serum C-reactive protein level with narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) therapy. Methods: C-reactive protein serum levels in psoriasis ...

Psoriasis is a type I interferon-driven T cell-mediated disease characterized by the recruitment of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) into the skin. The molecules involved in pDC accumulation in psoriasis lesions are unknown. Chemerin is the only inflammatory chemotactic factor that is directly active on human blood pDC in vitro. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the chemerin/C...

Both shingles and psoriasis are common cutaneous diseases. About 25% of the psoriatic patients develop Koebner phenomenon (KP) after various injuries, and in rare instance, KP may occur at the site of healed or healing shingles.We report a 30-year-old man with 7-month history of scalp psoriasis who developed KP at the areas of developing shingles. Cutaneous examination revealed scaly erythemato...

BACKGROUND MR spectroscopy of intact biopsies can provide a metabolic snapshot of the investigated tissue. The aim of the present study was to explore the metabolic pattern of uninvolved skin, psoriatic skin and corticosteroid treated psoriatic skin. METHODS The three types of skin biopsy samples were excised from patients with psoriasis (N = 10). Lesions were evaluated clinically, and tissue...