Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Monocyte-derived inflammatory Langerhans cells and dermal dendritic cells mediate psoriasis-like inflammation

  • Tej Pratap Singh,
  • Howard H. Zhang,
  • Izabela Borek,
  • Peter Wolf,
  • Michael N. Hedrick,
  • Satya P. Singh,
  • Brian L. Kelsall,
  • Bjorn E. Clausen,
  • Joshua M. Farber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13581
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Imiquimod exacerbates IL-23-induced skin inflammation and models psoriasis in mice. Here the authors show that this pathology is not dependent on resident dendritic cells, but on CCR6-induced immigration of monocyte-derived cells.