Literature Overview of the Relation Between Psoriasis and Alzheimer

Qian Yang; Jing Wang; Ningyu Mi; Yulin Zou

doi:10.2147/NDT.S403854

Literature Overview of the Relation Between Psoriasis and Alzheimer

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2023 Feb 28:19:461-468. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S403854. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Qian Yang^#¹, Jing Wang^#², Ningyu Mi², Yulin Zou^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Dermatology, Jinzhou Medical University Graduate Training Base, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The most common type of dementia disease is Alzheimer, which placing a heavy burden on the healthcare system all over the world. At the same time, psoriasis is also one of the most common health problems, as a skin disease. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is more often in patients with psoriasis than in the general people. Several evidence has proved the relation between AD and psoriasis through immune-mediated pathophysiologic processes. This review aims to summary the potential relation between AD and psoriasis, and provide suggestions based on the relationship at the same time. Neurologists, dermatologists should pay attention to the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and psoriasis. Dermatology and neurology need referral each other when it is necessary.

Keywords: Alzheimer; IL-17; genetic; inflammation; psoriasis; relation.

Publication types

Review

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There is no funding to report.