Pharmacogenomics of multifactorial diseases: a focus on psoriatic arthritis

Pharmacogenomics. 2016 Jun;17(8):943-51. doi: 10.2217/pgs.16.20. Epub 2016 Jun 7.

Abstract

This review will outline the current pharmacogenomics knowledge about psoriatic arthritis with a special attention to the perspectives and the challenges for its implementation in the clinical practice. To date, different drugs have been developed to contrast the symptoms and the progression of psoriatic arthritis. However, patients have shown high variability of drug response in relation to their genetic makeup. In this context, the advances made in the knowledge and the potentialities of genome-drugs associations paved the path for the development of a precision medicine. In fact, these associations may be successfully combined with the environment information to provide new strategies able to prevent and improve the disease management as well as to enhance the patients quality of life.

Keywords: healthcare approach; pharmacogenomics; precision/personalized medicine; psoriatic arthritis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / genetics
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / psychology
  • Humans
  • Pharmacogenetics*
  • Quality of Life
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha