Histopathology of Psoriatic Arthritis Synovium—A Narrative Review

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a phenotypically heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease associated to type I major histocompatibility complex alleles whose complex pathogenesis is still not completely understood. The psoriatic synovium shares general features of chronic inflammation with rheumatoid...

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Published in:Frontiers in medicine 2022-07, Vol.9, p.860813-860813
Main Authors: Tenazinha, Catarina, Barros, Rita, Fonseca, João Eurico, Vieira-Sousa, Elsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
inflammatory arthritis
Medicine
psoriatic arthritis (PsA)
spondyloarthropathy
synovial membrane (SM)
synovitis
synovium
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Summary:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a phenotypically heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease associated to type I major histocompatibility complex alleles whose complex pathogenesis is still not completely understood. The psoriatic synovium shares general features of chronic inflammation with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other arthritis, such as hyperplasia of the intimal lining layer, sublining influx of inflammatory cells and neoangiogenesis, but recognizing disease-specific histopathologic findings may help in diagnosis and definition of therapeutic targets. Available literature reports conflicting data regarding the extension of lining hyperplasia, that does not allow depiction from RA. Sublining inflammatory cells consist of T and B cells and macrophages, plasma cells, mast cells and follicular dendritic cells, with a higher amount of overall T, mast cell and IL-17 producing CD8+ T lymphocytes and lower proportion of plasma cells when compared to the rheumatoid synovium. The amount of synovium IL17+ CD8+ T cells correlates positively to measures of disease activity. Lymphoid follicles with characteristics of germinal centers have been identified, similar to the ones described in RA. Neoangiogenesis is more prominent in PsA but can also be an outstanding feature in some RA samples, and different molecules involved in the process appear to have different influence in each disease. IL-17 and IL-22 expression in the synovium does not allow depiction between diseases. Among other cytokines and molecules likely implicated in disease physiopathology, only IL-35 is demonstrated to be reduced in PsA when compared to RA.
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2022.860813