Psoriasis as an autoimmune disease

Nowadays it is known that psoriasis belongs to the group of autoimmune diseases and may coexist with other diseases in this group. Most often patients have psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune thyroid diseases and multiple sclerosis. The coexistence of these disorders can be a diagnostic and therapeutic problem (there is controversy over the use of corticosteroids). The common pathogenesis is still not explained. We know that the loss of immunotolerance leads to formation of autoreactive Th1 and Th17 lymŁuszczyca jako choroba autoimmunologiczna Psoriasis as an autoimmune disease Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek, Waldemar Placek Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie Przegl Dermatol 2014, 101, 278–287 DOI: 10.5114/dr.2014.45121 SŁOWA kluczOWe: choroby autoimmunologiczne, łuszczyca, Th17, Th1. key WOrdS: psoriasis, Th17, autoimmune diseases, Th1. AdreS dO kOreSPOndencji: dr n. med. Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek Klinika Dermatologii, Chorób Przenoszonych Drogą Płciową i Immunologii Klinicznej Miejski Szpital Zespolony al. Wojska Polskiego 30 10-959 Olsztyn tel.: +48 89 6786 617 e-mail: aganek@wp.pl