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Valduga JAG, Rebeiko LB, Skare TL. Prevalence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in psoriasis patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 67:52-57. [PMID: 34161490 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.67.01.20200274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a sample of psoriasis patients. METHODS Cross-sectional observational study of 120 individuals (60 with psoriasis and 60 control subjects) paired by gender and age for thyroid function (thyroid stimulating hormone, free T4), antithyroperoxidase and antithyroglobulin tests and physical examination. Psoriasis Area and Severity Index and Nail Psoriasis Severity Index were evaluated simultaneously. Epidemiological, clinical and treatment data was collected from medical records. Patients with documented hypothyroidism and/or goiter associated with positive antithyroperoxidase antibody were considered to have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. RESULTS The prevalence of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in the group with psoriasis was 21.6%; in the control group, it was 4/60 (6.6%) with p=0.03 (OR=3.8; 95%CI 1.18-12.6). In the group of patients with psoriasis, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis was more common in women (p=0.002) and less common in those who had polyarticular arthropathic psoriasis (p=0.05) and plaque psoriasis (p=0.005). A logistic regression showed that the only independent variable associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis was plaque psoriasis. CONCLUSIONS There is a high prevalence of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in psoriatic patients, especially in women. Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is less common in patients with the plaque form of psoriasis.
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Eapi S, Chowdhury R, Lawal OS, Mathur N, Malik BH. Etiological Association Between Psoriasis and Thyroid Diseases. Cureus 2021; 13:e12653. [PMID: 33585138 PMCID: PMC7872875 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing/remitting autoimmune disease affecting skin and fingernails. It is associated with many other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, and thyroid diseases. Two important autoimmune thyroid diseases - Hashimoto's thyroiditis (hypothyroidism) and Grave's disease (hyperthyroidism) - affect the body's significant organs such as the brain, muscles, digestive function, and the skin. Although some studies have established the connection between psoriasis and thyroid diseases with autoimmunity, our article provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between these two diseases and other common etiological factors associated with them, along with autoimmunity. We reviewed articles from PubMed using regular keywords and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) keywords and finalized 45 articles to find an association between these two diseases. These articles showed that this association is more prevalent in obese patients and late-onset psoriasis. Most of the articles showed a positive association, but few articles showed no connection between them. However, there is no concrete explanation to prove the association due to limited research; additional studies are necessary. It requires the attention of both clinicians and researchers to develop a universal drug that will work on both diseases, and also thyroid evaluation could be included in psoriatic patient care so that there is a possibility to decrease cost and efforts while treating these diseases.
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- Srilatha Eapi
- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Pathology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Pediatrics, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Pediatrics, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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Qian H, Cao Y, Sun J, Zu J, Ma L, Zhou H, Tang X, Li Y, Yu H, Zhang M, Bai Y, Xu C, Ishii N, Hashimoto T, Li X. Anti-human serum albumin autoantibody may be involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune bullous skin diseases. FASEB J 2020; 34:8574-8595. [PMID: 32369236 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201903247rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Although effective immunological diagnostic systems for autoimmune bullous skin diseases (AIBD) have been established, there are still unidentified cutaneous autoantigens. The purpose of this study is to investigative whether anti-human serum albumin (HSA) autoantibodies exist in AIBD sera and their potential pathogenesis. By immunoprecipitation-immunoblotting, immunofluorescence assay, anti-HSA autoantibodies could be detected in AIBD sera; by ELISAs, positive rates of AIBD sera for IgG and IgA anti-HSA autoantibodies were 29% and 34%, respectively. The IgG anti-HSA autoantibodies in ABID sera recognized a number of HSA antigen epitopes and therefore a polyclonal antibody against HSA were next employed to study its pathogenesis. In vitro cell and tissue culture models, anti-HSA antibody could influence DNA damage-related signaling proteins, via activation of phospho-p38 signaling pathway. This is the first report that an autoantibody may influence DNA damage-related signaling proteins. Statistical analyses also proved that anti-HSA autoantibodies were positively correlated with various known autoantibodies and clinical features of ABID patients. In summary, IgG and IgA autoantibodies to HSA may have diagnosis values for AIBD. DNA damage-related signaling proteins might be involved in the pathogenic role of anti-HSA autoantibodies in AIBD. Phospho-p38 signaling pathway is a potential target for treatment of AIBD positive for serum anti-HSA autoantibodies.
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- Hua Qian
- Central Laboratory, Dermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Dermatology Institute of Jiangxi Province, The Affiliated Dermatology Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University and Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Department of Urology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University and Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Eye Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University and Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University and Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Central Laboratory, Dermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Dermatology Institute of Jiangxi Province, The Affiliated Dermatology Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University and Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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Alhomaidan HT, Rasheed N, Almatrafi S, Al-Rashdi FH, Rasheed Z. Bisphenol A modified DNA: A possible immunogenic stimulus for anti-DNA autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus. Autoimmunity 2019; 52:272-280. [DOI: 10.1080/08916934.2019.1683545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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- Research Center, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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Rasheed Z, Ahmed AA, Salem T, Al-Dhubaibi MS, Al Robaee AA, Alzolibani AA. Prevalence of Leishmania species among patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Qassim province of Saudi Arabia. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:384. [PMID: 30953481 PMCID: PMC6451202 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6710-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection endemic in more than ninety countries of the world. The cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a most common form of leishmaniasis and it remains to be a major public health issue in Saudi Arabia. This study was undertaken to investigate the Leishmania species responsible for CL infection in different provinces of Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Methods Skin biopsies were obtained from CL patients and DNA was extracted using the Magna pure system. Leishmania species were identified by highly specific/sensitive quantitative and qualitative PCR. Results Out of total 206 CL biopsies, 49.5% biopsies were found to be positive for Leishmania major (L. major), 28.6% biopsies were positive for Leishmania tropica (L. tropica), 3.9% were found to be positive for Leishmania infantum/donovani (L. infantum/donovani). Not only have these, all tested CL biopsies showed negative test for Leishmania mexicana (L. mexicana) and Leishmania viannia (L. viannia). Conclusions This is the first comprehensive study that shows the majority of CL in Qassim was caused by L. major and L. tropica. To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first report that shows the occurrence of L. infantum/donovani in Saudi Arabia. This requires higher alert to the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia to take proactive actions in preventing the onset of L. major, L. tropica, L. infantum and L. donovani infections.
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- Zafar Rasheed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia.
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- Research Center, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
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Rasheed N, Rasheed Z. Oxidative biomolecular damage: A possible mechanism for systemic autoimmunity. Int J Health Sci (Qassim) 2019; 13:1-3. [PMID: 31501645 PMCID: PMC6728133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Naila Rasheed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia,Address for correspondence: Dr. Zafar Rasheed, Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah-51452, KSA. E-mail:
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Rasheed Z, Altorbag AA, Al-Bossier AS, Alnasser NA, Alkharraz OS, Altuwayjiri KM, Alobaid AS, Alsaif AK, Alanazi YH, Alghidani BA, Alduayji MA, Bu Mozah AA, Alsuhaibani SA. Protective potential of thymoquinone against peroxynitrite induced modifications in histone H2A: In vitro studies. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 112:169-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Elevated Gene Expression of Interleukin-32 Isoforms Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta in the Peripheral Blood of Chronic Psoriatic Patients. Diseases 2018. [PMID: 29538330 PMCID: PMC5871967 DOI: 10.3390/diseases6010021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Inflammatory-mediated reactions have been implicated as contributors in a number of dermatological disorders, including psoriasis. However, the potential of interleukin (IL)-32 and its isoforms to contribute to the pathogenesis of psoriasis remains unexplored. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of IL-32 and its isoforms IL-32α, IL-32β, IL-32γ, and IL-32δ in the peripheral blood of psoriatic patients. The majority of chronic plaque psoriatic patients showed elevated IL-32 mRNA levels in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as compared with the levels of IL-32 mRNA in PBMCs of healthy controls (p = 0.001). To further investigate the role of elevated levels of IL-32 in psoriatic patients, IL-32 isoforms mRNAs were determined. All tested isoforms IL-32α, IL-32β, IL-32γ, and IL-32δ were overexpressed in psoriatic patients PBMCs as compared with healthy controls’ PBMCs (p < 0.05). IL-32α mRNA expression was also significantly higher as compared with all other isoforms of IL-32 in PBMCs of psoriatic patients (p < 0.001). In short, this is the first study that shows the role of IL-32 and its isoforms in the peripheral blood of psoriatic patients. Our novel findings support an association between elevated levels of IL-32 and psoriasis. The data also suggest that a major proinflammatory response of IL-32 may derive from IL-32α isoform in psoriasis.
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Al-Shobaili HA, Farhan J, Zafar U, Rasheed Z. Functional role of human interleukin-32 and nuclear transcription factor-kB in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Int J Health Sci (Qassim) 2018; 12:29-34. [PMID: 29896069 PMCID: PMC5969786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Inflammation and its associated cell signaling events have been well documented in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. However, the potential for interleukin (IL)-32 and its associated signaling to provoke an inflammatory response or to contribute in the pathogenesis of psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis are still in early phase. This study determined the role of IL-32 and nuclear transcription factor (NF)-κB in patients with plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. METHODS Levels of IL-32 were determined in the plasma samples of patients with plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and normal healthy subjects by human IL-32-specific Sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. To investigate the role of a transcription factor in these patients, activated NF-κBp65 levels were determined in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by highly sensitive NF-κB transcription factor kit. RESULTS The levels of IL-32 in the plasma samples of plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis patients were found to be significantly higher as compared with the levels of IL-32 present in the normal human plasma samples (P < 0.01). Levels of activated NF-κB were also found higher in plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritic patients as compared with the PBMCs of healthy humans (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS This study shows the role of IL-32 and NF-κB in plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritic patients. Results indicate that IL-32 and NF-κB promote inflammation in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Disruption of IL-32 or NF-κB signaling event might provide a novel target for the management of plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
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- Hani A. Al-Shobaili
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA,Address for correspondence: Zafar Rasheed, Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah, KSA. E-mail:
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