Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Classic Ulcerative Pyoderma Gangrenosum Is a T Cell-Mediated Disease Targeting Follicular Adnexal Structures: A Hypothesis Based on Molecular and Clinicopathologic Studies |
| Authors: |
Elizabeth A. Wang, Andrea Steel, Guillaume Luxardi, Anupam Mitra, Forum Patel, Michelle Y. Cheng, Reason Wilken, Jason Kao, Kristopher de Ga, Hawa Sultani, Alexander A. Merleev, Alina I. Marusina, Alain Brassard, Maxwell A. Fung, Thomas Konia, Michiko Shimoda, Emanual Maverakis |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 8 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2018. |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy |
| Subject Terms: |
pyoderma gangrenosum, CD4, T cell, autoimmune, cytokine, pilosebaceous unit, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607 |
| More Details: |
BackgroundPyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a debilitating ulcerative skin disease that is one of the most common associated diseases seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Although PG is classified as a neutrophilic dermatosis, its pathophysiology is poorly understood.ObjectiveUse data obtained from patient-reported histories, immunohistochemistry, and gene expression analysis to formulate a hypothesis on PG pathophysiology.MethodsTen PG patients participated and answered questions about new ulcer formation. Skin biopsies of healed prior ulcers and adjacent normal skin were obtained from four patients for immunohistochemistry. Scars from healthy patients and patients with discoid lupus were used as additional controls. New onset PG papules were analyzed using immunohistochemistry and gene expression analysis via quantitative real-time PCR.ResultsAll PG patients reported that healed sites of previous ulceration are refractory to re-ulceration. Simultaneous biopsies of healed and uninvolved skin triggered ulceration only in the latter. On immunohistochemistry, healed PG scars showed complete loss of pilosebaceous units, which were present in normal skin, and to a lesser extent in control scars, and discoid scars. Early PG papules showed perivascular and peripilosebaceous T cell infiltrates, rather than neutrophils. These early inflammatory events were dominated by increased gene expression of CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11, IL-8, IL-17, IFNG, and IL-36G and transcription factors consistent with Th1 phenotype.LimitationsSmall sample size was the main limitation.ConclusionWe put forth the hypothesis that PG is a T cell response resulting in the destruction of pilosebaceous units. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1664-3224 |
| Relation: |
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01980/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fimmu.2017.01980 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/fe3ea2b9197646ba9e0c3fd94e1b89c6 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fe3ea2b9197646ba9e0c3fd94e1b89c6 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
