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Martina Krušič1, Gregor Jezernik1, Uroš Potočnik1,2,3
1Center for Human Molecular Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Taborska ulica 8, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Abstract:
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated and inflammatory skin disease. Although various biological drugs are available for psoriasis treatment, some patients have poor responses or do not respond to treatment. The aim of the present study was to highlight the molecular mechanism of responsiveness to current biological drugs for psoriasis treatment. To this end, we reviewed previously published articles that reported genes associated with treatment response to biological drugs in psoriasis, and gene ontology analysis was subsequently performed using the Cytoscape platform. Herein, we revealed a statistically significant association between NF-kappaB signaling (p value = 3.37 × 10-9), regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production (p value = 6.20 × 10-6), glial cell proliferation (p value = 2.41 × 10-5) and treatment response in psoriatic patients. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to directly associate glial cells with treatment response. Taken together, our study revealed gene ontology (GO) terms, some of which were previously shown to be implicated in the molecular pathway of psoriasis, as novel GO terms involved in responsiveness in psoriatic disease patients.
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