Biomarkers of psoriasis severity and therapy monitoring

• 作者: Alice Santos-Silva Susana Coimbra
• 来源期刊: 世界皮肤病学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: PSORIASIS SEVERITY Monitorization MARKERS INFLAMMATION
• 年，卷（期）: sjpfbxzz,（2）
• 页码范围: 15-27
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Psoriasis is a chronic,recurrent inflammatory cutaneous disease.Psoriasis patients alternate between periods of remission and periods of exacerbation of the disease.Usually,psoriasis severity is clinically evaluated using tools like Psoriasis Area and Severity Index that present some limitations and subjectivity.Clinicians select the therapy according to psoriasis severity,aiming that patients achieve longer remission periods and improve their quality of life.Biological markers for diagnosis and prognosis of psoriasis help to establish its severity and to monitor the therapeutic response;moreover,biomarkers of psoriasis assist clinicians in their therapeutic decision to treat psoriasis and to choose earlier and more adequate therapeutic strategies,avoiding or minimising worsening of psoriasis.With these markers,they would be able to monitor therapeutics,avoiding unnecessary therapeutic surcharge or changes to a more aggressive therapy.As any attempt to identify these biomarkers should be encouraged,in this review,we will debate published data concerning the proposal of biomarkers to evaluate severity and response to treatment of psoriasis vulgaris.