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Table 1 Cytokines involved in Pso and PsA [80–83]

From: The Th17 axis in psoriatic disease: pathogenetic and therapeutic implications

Cytokine

Cellular source

Receptor

Targets

Role in Pso/PsA

IL1β

Macrophages, T cells

ILR1

Keratinocytes, FLS, ECs, OB

Inflammation, osteoclastogenesis, angiogenesis, Th17 amplification

IL6

Macrophages, T cells

IL6R/gp130

DC, macrophages, T cells

Inflammation, acute phase response

IL12

Th1, monocytes, macrophages

IL12Rβ 1/2

 

Th1 differentiation, inflammation, NK activation

IL17A, IL17F

Th17, mast cells, macrophages DCs, NK cells, CD8 T cells

IL17RA/IL17RC

Keratinocytes, FB, OC

Inflammation, neutrophil recruitment, osteoclastogenesis, angiogenesis

IL23

T cells, mast cells, macrophages, DC

IL12Rβ/IL23R

Th17, mDC, OC

Th17 differentiation, mDC activation, osteoclastogenesis

IL20

Monocytes

IL20Rα/β

Th17

Inflammation

IL22

Th17, NK cells, mast cells

IL22Rα/IL10Rβ

Keratinocytes, FLS

Host defence, Keratinocytes and FB proliferation, inflammation

TNFα

Macrophages, mDC, pDC keratinocytes, FB, Th17

TNFαR1/TNFαR2

mDc, macrophages, keratinocytes, FLS

Proinflammatory, DC activation, immune cells recruitment, angiogenesis Keratinocyte proliferation, osteoclastogenesis, Th17 amplification

IFNα

pDC

IFNαR

mDC

Initation of immune response

IFNγ

Macrophages, mDC, Th1, Th17

IFNγR

mDC, macrophages

Th1 differentiation, inflammation

TGFβ

Macrophages, mDC

TGFβR1/TGFβR2

Keratinocytes, FLS, T cells

Keratinocyte proliferation, inflammation, Th17 differentiation, angiogenesis

RANKL

T cells, FB, FLS, OB

RANK

Synovial lining layer

Osteoclastogenesis

OPG

OB, FLS

RANKL decoy R

EC below synovial lining

Osteoclastogenesis inhibition

  1. DC dendritic cell, FB fibroblasts, FLS fibroblast like synoviocytes, OB osteoblasts, OC osteoclasts, EC endothelial cells, pDC plasmacytoid dencritic cells, NK natural killer cells, OPG osteoprotegerin