Research Article Serum Levels of Selected Th17 and Th22 Cytokines in Psoriatic Patients

Copyright © 2013 Anna Michalak-Stoma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction. Psoriasis is a T cell-mediated inflammatory disease in which pathogenesis T helper (Th) lymphocytes (Th1,Th17, and Th22) play an important role. The aim of the study was to assess the serum levels of some cytokines involved in theTh17 andTh22 responses in psoriatic patients. Material and Methods. The study comprised 60 psoriatic patients and 30 healthy controls. In th