Association of Pathogenic Th17 Cells with the Disease Severity and Its Potential Implication for Biological Treatment Selection in Psoriasis Patients

• Main Authors: Cristina Aguilar-Flores (Author), Octavio Castro-Escamilla (Author), Elizabeth M. Ortega-Rocha (Author), César Maldonado-García (Author), Fermín Jurado-Santa Cruz (Author), Gibrán Pérez-Montesinos (Author), Alicia Lemini-López (Author), Laura C. Bonifaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Psoriasis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by cutaneous lesions in plaques. It has been proposed that the immune response has a key role in the disease progression. Particularly, the Th17 cells through IL-17 can contribute to maintain the inflammatory process. The pathogenic Th17...