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Review
. 2021 Apr;43(2):221-234.
doi: 10.1007/s00281-021-00843-2. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

Insights into the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis from genetic studies

Sara Rahmati  1   2 , Quan Li  2 , Proton Rahman  2 , Vinod Chandran  3   4   5   6   7
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Review

Insights into the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis from genetic studies

Sara Rahmati et al. Semin Immunopathol. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a relatively common inflammatory arthritis, a spondyloarthritis (SpA), that occurs most often in patients with psoriasis, a common immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. Both psoriasis and PsA are highly heritable. Genetic and recent genomic studies have identified variants associated with psoriasis and PsA, but variants differentiating psoriasis from PsA are few. In this review, we describe recent developments in understanding the genetic burden of PsA, linkage, association and epigenetic studies. Using pathway analysis, we provide further insights into the similarities and differences between PsA and psoriasis, as well as between PsA and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, particularly ankylosing spondylitis, another SpA. Environmental factors that may trigger PsA in patients with psoriasis are also reviewed. To further understand the pathogenetic differences between PsA and psoriasis as well as other SpA, larger cohort studies of well-phenotyped subjects with integrated analysis of genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic data using interomic system biology approaches are required.

Keywords: Environmental factors; Genomics; Heritability; Pathway analysis; Psoriasis; Spondyloarthritis.

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