title: Kidney disease and psoriasis: novel evidences beyond old concepts.
abstract: Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease for a long time considered as a type of pathology characterized by an exclusive skin involvement. Recently it has been shown that patients affected by this disease have a higher risk of developing comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome. Even the kidneys can be affected by psoriasis through three different mechanisms: immune-mediated renal damage, drug-related renal damage and chronic renal damage. Renal function should be monitored periodically to minimize the risk of renal adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. lucavisconti2003@yahoo.it.|Internal Medicine Department, Nephrology and Dialysis Section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. lucavisconti2003@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Visconti
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, University-Hospital "Magna Graecia", Via Michele Torcia, 4, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buemi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cernaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacquaniti
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, University-Hospital "Magna Graecia", Via Michele Torcia, 4, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppolino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Kidney; Psoriasis; Psoriatic nephropathy; Vitamin D