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SUBMITTER: Beck KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120577 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beck Kristen M KM Sanchez Isabelle M IM Yang Eric J EJ Liao Wilson W
Psoriasis (Auckland, N.Z.) 20180829
Plaque psoriasis is an immune-mediated skin disease that affects roughly 3% of adults in the United States. Advances over the past 20 years in understanding the immune-mediated pathophysiology of psoriasis have led to the development of targeted biologic therapies for this condition. Currently, biologic medications approved for the treatment of plaque psoriasis include tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors, interleukin (IL)-17 or IL-17 receptor inhibitors, IL-12/23 inhibitors, and IL-23 inhibitors. ...[more]