| Literature DB >> 1864010 |
J I Duncan1, C Horrocks, A D Ormerod, A V Powles, P H Whiting, L Fry, A W Thomson.
Abstract
A study was conducted to quantify soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels in sera of 57 chronic plaque psoriasis patients and correlate these measurements with disease activity and the number of IL-2R-positive (CD25+) lymphocytes in lesional biopsies of 11 cyclosporin A (CsA) and 13 psoralen plus ultraviolet radiation (PUVA) treated patients. Levels of sIL-2R showed a strong correlation with the psoriasis area and severity index (PASI). CsA and PUVA significantly reduced the PASI and sIL-2R levels to a similar degree after 4 weeks of treatment. Although the majority of CsA-treated patients who were biopsied showed reductions in lesional CD25+ cells, these did not reach statistical significance; in five patients biopsied who had PUVA treatment, no consistent effect on the numbers of CD25+ cells was observed. A significant correlation was found between CD25+ cells in lesional biopsies and the PASI score.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1864010 PMCID： PMC1535751 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05721.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN： 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330