ERAPSO – Assessment of eating behavior, physical activity and prevalence of obesity in German psoriasis patients

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease typically characterized by erythema, plaques and scaling. Proinflammatory cytokines including TNF- α, IL-23, and IL-17 are upregulated in psoriatic lesions and promote hyperproliferation of keratinocytes. Furthermore, psoriasis is seen as a systemic inflammatory disease associated with psoriatic arthritis, obesity and cardiometabolic comorbidities. Obesity negatively affects psoriasis disease se verity by producing proinflammatory adipokines by adipocytes and infiltrated immune cells and aggravates furthermore the cardiovascular risk in psoriasis patients.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Source Type: research