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Expression of interleukin (IL)-1 family members upon stimulation with IL-17 differs in keratinocytes derived from patients with psoriasis and healthy donors
17 Mar 2011
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BACKGROUND: A number of studies have challenged the T-cell-centred pathogenetic view of psoriasis by the finding that epithelium-expressed genes are intimately involved in the inflammatory process. Interleukin (IL)-17 is an important inflammatory mediator in skin psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: IL-17 is known to act on keratinocytes and we were interested in its impact on the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory IL-1...
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