Khatery BH, Shaker OG, El-Tahlawi S, Abd-Elrahim TA, Fawzi M, Ali EM, Mohammed MH. Are Programmed cell death protein-1 and Angiopoietins-2 effective biomarkers for detection the severity of psoriatic patients?
J Cosmet Dermatol 2022;
21:5208-5214. [PMID:
35506216 DOI:
10.1111/jocd.15039]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Early detection of psoriasis is still an open discussion. Psoriatic lesions are characterized by red/scaly plaques affecting different body-sites.
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the levels of Programmed cell death protein-1(PD-1) and Angiopoietins-2(Ang-2) in serum,lesional and perilesional of psoriatic patients and correlating them with controls and disease severity.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Serum samples were obtained from 40 participants subdivided equally into psoriatic and healthy controls, 4mm punch_biopsy equally from lesional and perilesional skin of individuals. PD-1/ANG-2 ELISA kits were used for determining the serum and tissue levels among groups.
RESULTS
Serum and tissue levels of PD-1 and Ang-2 were overexpressed in psoriatic patients compared to controls. There was a statistical difference between patients and controls in level of PD-1(serum and tissue) with p-value 0.006 and 0.0001 respectively. There was a statistical difference between both groups for ANG-2(serum and tissue) with p-value 0.03 and 0.0001 respectively. There were positive correlations between PASI score and PD-1 in tissue (r=0.467, p=0.038). Also, positive correlation between the level of PD-1 in serum and tissue (r=0.369,p=0.019), the serum levels of PD-1 and ANG-2 (r=0.78,p>0.0001), PD-1 and Ang-2 in tissue (r=0.583,p=0.0001) were detected.
CONCLUSION
PD-1 and ANG-2 can be highly recommended to determine the severity of psoriasis.
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