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Yue Zhang1, Hanyi Zhang1, Boyue Jiang1
1Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Abstract:
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease featured by excessive proliferation of keratinocytes, clearly defined round erythema and dry, scaly plaques, long-term inflammatory cells infiltration in skin lesions. However, the physiopathological mechanism of psoriasis is still not clearly understood. Neuropeptides, a class of peptides secreted by the nervous system, may play important roles in promoting excessive proliferation of keratinocyte, enhancing angiogenesis, vasodilation, plasma extravasation and chemotaxis of inflammatory cells during the development of psoriasis. To understand the pathogenesis of neuropeptides in psoriasis, we summarized the function of several common neuropeptides in psoriasis and hypothesize neuropeptides may serve as therapeutic potential novel targets in psoriasis.
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