Expression of soluble and membrane-bound programmed death protein 1 in psoriasis vulgaris patients: a case-controlled study

The objective of this study was to assess both soluble programmed cell death-1 (sPD1) and membrane-bound PD1 levels in psoriatic patients, and to correlate them with disease severity. Patients and methods Twenty-one psoriatic patients and 20 age-matched and sex-matched controls were included. Full clinical examination was done and tissue and blood levels of PD1 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results Levels of sPD1 were significantly lower in patients than in controls (P
Source: Journal of the Egyptian Women’s Dermatologic Society - Category: Dermatology Tags: Original articles Source Type: research