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Karger Publishers, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 2(166), p. 135-149, 2015

DOI: 10.1159/000375401

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Reactive Oxygen Species in Psoriasis and Psoriasis Arthritis: Relevance to Human Disease

Journal article published in 2015 by Ia Khmaladze, Kutty Selva Nandakumar ORCID, Rikard Holmdahl
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Psoriasis (Ps) is a chronic, immune-mediated, skin inflammatory disease affecting up to 3% of the population worldwide. Different environmental triggers initiate this complex multifactorial syndrome. Many individuals affected by Ps (6-26%) develop inflammatory disease in other organs, often in the joints as in psoriasis arthritis (PsA). Animal models that reflect the typical Ps syndrome, including both skin and joint pathology as in Ps and PsA, are valuable tools for dissecting disease pathways leading to clinical manifestations. In this context, we developed a new acute Ps and PsA-like disease model that appears after exposure to <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> mannan in certain mouse strains. The disease was found to be triggered by mannan-activated macrophages, leading to the activation of a pathogenic interleukin-17 pathway involving innate lymphocytes. Interestingly, the production of reactive oxygen species protected the mice from the triggering of this pathway and ameliorated Ps and PsA development.