New study of psoriatic cells could fire up the study of inflammation

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 16:20 in Biology & Nature

Psoriasis is one of humanity’s oldest know diseases and one of the more widespread, affecting 2 percent of the U.S. population. But it remains largely a mystery. New work identifies markers that define two types of dendritic cells found in psoriatic lesions, findings that will help scientists isolate and study the most troublesome inflammatory variety.

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