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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Published on: July 11, 2013
Topical silver and gold nanoparticles complexed with Cornus mas suppress inflammation in human psoriasis plaques by
Diana Crisan1, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek1, Maria Crisan2
1Department of Dermatology and Allergic Diseases, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Abstract:
New biomaterials based on nanoparticles (NPs) carrying polyphenols-rich extracts (Cornus mas) recently showed promising anti-inflammatory activity in psoriasis. We aimed to understand how topically delivered silver and gold nanoparticles complexed with Cornus mas (Ag-NPs-CM, Au-NPs-CM) modulate inflammation in psoriasis at cellular and molecular level. The impact on psoriatic inflammation was assessed in vitro on pro-inflammatory macrophages, by clinical score, high-frequency ultrasonography and immunohistology of psoriasis plaques treated with Ag-NPs-CM, Au-NPs-CM or control. Incubation of pro-inflammatory macrophages with nanoparticles significantly decreased the release of NO, IL-12 and TNF-α. Immunofluorescence confirmed that nanoparticles significantly reduced CD68-positive macrophages and their IL-12 and TNF-α production in human psoriasis plaques. NPs-CM appear to repress NF-κB activation in macrophages, inhibiting the production of pro-inflammatory factors with causal role in psoriasis. Ag and Au NPs-CM represent a novel nanoparticle-based "green" technology which may provide an efficient tool for modern psoriasis therapy, circumventing immunosuppression-related side effects of biologicals.
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