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Overexpression of extracellular matrix receptors (VL‐3, 5 and 6) on psoriatic keratinocytes
Author(s) -
KELLNER I.,
KONTER U.,
STERRY W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb14742.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , library science , computer science
Summary The potential role of adhesion molecules in the pathophysiology of psoriasis was investigated and the pattern of expression of the cell‐surface receptors ICAM‐1, LFA‐3, and VLA‐1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 was determined in biopsies of skin from patients with psoriasis ( n =12) and from normal skin ( n =12). There were no differences in the intensity or localization of the adhesion molecules VLA‐1, 2 and 4 and LFA‐3. In contrast, VLA‐3 and VLA‐6, which are restricted to the basal keratinocytes in normal skin, were overexpressed in the spinous cells in psoriatic skin. ICAM‐1 and VLA‐5, which are not expressed by keratinocytes in normal skin, were focally induced, especially in cells above elongated rete ridges and where there was an infiltrate with intraepidermal granulocytes and lymphocytes.