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Jeremy Di Domizio "Pathogenic role of interleukin (IL)-26 producing Th17 cells in the acute forms of psoriasis"

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Jeremy Di Domizio

University Hospital of Lausanne CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

"Pathogenic role of interleukin (IL)-26 producing Th17 cells in the acute forms of psoriasis"

 

Résumé

Chronic plaque-type psoriasis is a skin inflammatory disease driven by IL-17-producing Th17 cells. In addition to IL-17, Th17 cells in psoriasis produce other cytokines including interleukin (IL)-26, a member of IL-10 cytokine family. However, whether the production of IL-26 by Th17 cells plays a pathogenic role in psoriasis is unknown. By comparing IL-26 and IL-17 expression in psoriatic skin samples, we found that high IL-26 and low IL-17 were detected in acute forms of psoriasis, including erythrodermic and guttate-type, whereas low IL-26 and high IL-17 mainly associated with chronic plaque psoriasis. The dichotomy of IL-26 and IL-17 expression was confirmed in T cells infiltrating psoriatic skin lesions and circulating in the blood where IL-26 producing T cells and IL-17-producing T cells represented distinct cell populations within CXCR3- CCR4+ CCR6+ Th17 cells. Finally, we assessed the pathogenic role of IL-26 in psoriasis by using IL-26-transgenic mice. Skin injury of IL-26 transgenic mice triggered an inflammatory response and a skin phenotype resembling psoriasis, suggesting a pathogenic role in the induction of the disease. Together, our findings indicate that IL-26 is expressed by a distinct subset of Th17 cells in acute forms of psoriasis, where it may drive the inflammatory process and disease development.

Invitation : Katia Boniface – Inserm U 1035

 

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