title: Expression of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, IRF-7, IFN-alpha mRNA in the lesions of psoriasis vulgaris.
abstract: To investigate the expression of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), interferon regulatory factor-7 (IRF-7) and interferon alpha (IFN- alpha) mRNA in skin lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris, the expressions of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, IRF-7, IFN-alpha mRNA in the lesional skin of psoriasis vulgaris were detected by immunohistochemical technique (SP) and RT-PCR. Normal skin of healthy volunteers, serving as control, was also tested. The immunohistochemical study showed that the expression of pDCs in the psoriatic lesions was significantly higher than that in the normal controls. RT-PCR showed that the mRNA expression of IRF-7 was much higher than that in normal controls, but no difference in the expression of IFN-alpha mRNA was found between two groups. Our findings indicate that up-regulated expression of pDCs, IRF-7 mRNA might be involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Houjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhixiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jiawen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050839:Interferon Regulatory Factor-7 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C494234:IRF7 protein, human; D050839:Interferon Regulatory Factor-7; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger