Cytokine/Chemokine assessment as a complementary diagnostic tool for inflammatory skin diseases

Inflammatory skin conditions are the 4 th leading cause of non-fatal health burden in the general population worldwide. The diagnosis of skin lesions due to systemic drug reactions, viral or bacterial exanthems, or in patients with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis is often difficul...

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Published in:Frontiers in immunology 2022-11, Vol.13, p.1028435-1028435
Main Authors: Liu, Timothy J., Lin, Lynlee L., McMeniman, Erin, Wu, Jason, Kao, Yung-Ching, Kumari, Snehlata, Boyle, Glen M., Wells, James W., Soyer, H. Peter, Gonzalez-Cruz, Jazmina L.
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Language:English
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chemokines
cytokines
diagnostic
Immunology
inflammatory skin diseases
skin biopsy
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Summary:Inflammatory skin conditions are the 4 th leading cause of non-fatal health burden in the general population worldwide. The diagnosis of skin lesions due to systemic drug reactions, viral or bacterial exanthems, or in patients with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis is often difficult and relies heavily upon conventional histopathologic examination. Conversely, it is widely accepted that the cutaneous profile of inflammatory markers, or ‘inflammatory signature’, is differentially expressed in various skin conditions. In this pilot study, we investigated the possibility of inflammatory skin disease diagnosis from an immunological perspective in small punch biopsies. We collected lesional and perilesional punch biopsies from 139 patients suffering from a variety of inflammatory skin conditions and attending the Dermatology Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Using bead-based immunoassays we were able to measure 13 out of 17 inflammatory markers from a pre-selected multi-analyte panel and to detect significant differences between lesional and perilesional biopsies from each individual patient. Hierarchical and unbiased clustering methods based on inflammatory signatures grouped psoriasis and atopic dermatitis lesions into individual clusters in contrast to other skin conditions, highlighting the potential of inflammatory signatures to be used as diagnostic differentiators and to inform alternative targets in anti-inflammatory treatment strategies.
ISSN:1664-3224
1664-3224
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2022.1028435