Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists (PPARs): a promising prospect in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

• Main Authors: Emerson de Andrade Lima (Author), Mariana Modesto Dantas de Andrade Lima (Author), Cláudia Diniz Lopes Marques (Author), Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte (Author), Ivan da Rocha Pita (Author), Maira Galdino da Rocha Pita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Psoriasis is a polygenic, inflammatory and progressive disease, characterized by an abnormal differentiation and hyperproliferation of keratinocytes, associated with impaired immunologic activation and systemic disorders, while psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory articular disease. Pathoph...