作者
Daisuke Tsuruta
发表日期
2009/1/1
来源
Recent patents on inflammation & allergy drug discovery
卷号
3
期号
1
页码范围
40-48
出版商
Bentham Science Publishers
简介
Psoriasis is a common, chronic and relapsing autoimmune skin disease. Clinical characteristics of this disease are sharply-demarcated erythematous plaques covered with silver scales. Histologically, it is characterized by increased epidermal thickness, elongated papillae, and a moderate inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, macrophages and neutrophils. The histological hallmark of psoriasis is Munro's microabscess, which is an accumulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the keratinous layer. The mechanism of this disease is still an enigma, but genetic susceptibility, abnormal function of keratinocytes, or immunological disturbance, especially in T cells, are postulated. Over the past decades, there have been arguments about “keratinocyte-dependent” pathology as opposed to “immunocytedependent” pathology. Thus far, there have been some rodent models for psoriasis. Among them, the …
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