Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by indurated scaly erythema spreading over the whole body. The effects of phototherapy and phosphodiesterase (PDE)-4 inhibition on psoriasis remained to be elucidated. We investigated their mechanism of action, utilizing murine imiquimod-induced psoriasiform dermatitis. Both narrow band UVB irradiation and an PDE-4 inhibitor downregulated IL-17 mRNA expression in the lesional skin. Narrow band UVB irradiation induced regulatory T cells in the lesional skin, whereas the PDE-4 inhibitor induced splenic regulatory B cells and regulatory T cells. This difference in the mechanism may account for synergistical effectiveness of phototherapy and PDE-4 inhibition for psoriasis.
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