Review Article

Possible Roles of IL-33 in the Innate-Adaptive Immune Crosstalk of Psoriasis Pathogenesis

Table 1

Data obtained by the studies included in the review. For each study, the table reports the species examined (animals, culture cells, or humans), the number of patients included in research, and the type of tissue sample analyzed to detect IL-33 concentration. It shows if IL-33 concentration is higher, lower, or equal with respect to health controls. The table also includes other detected cytokines in the study, the correlation between IL-33 concentration and severity score disease in case it was analyzed, and if therapy modified IL-33 levels.

Author, yearAnimalsCellsHumansN°PtTissue sampleIL-33 concentrationSeverity disease scoreTherapyLaboratory test

Theoharides et al., 2010 [23]xx9Ps 7 HCSkinHighSP, VEGF, HDC
Hueber et al., 2011 [24]xx5Ps 5HCSkinHighST2, IL-5, IL-13, CXCL1, MCP-1, MPO, INF-γ, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12/23p40, IL-17, GM-CSF, FGFbasic, IP-10, MIG, MIP-1α, TNF-α, VEGF
Balato et al., 2012 [25]xx/Skin bloodHigh in skin
No detectable in blood
ST2, VEGF, MCP-1, IL-6, IL-20
Meephansan et al., 2012 [26]x5 Ps 2 HCSkinHighIL-8
Suttle et al., 2012 [27]x18PsSkin (18 pt)
Blood (4 pt)
HighNo correlation with PASIIL-6
Talabot-Ayer et al., 2012 [28]x9PSABlood SF synoviaNo detectable in blood and SF
High in synovia
sST2, IL-6
Meephansan et al., 2013 [29]xx7Ps 2HCSkinHigh/lowST2
Batista et al., 2013 [30]x20PsSkinEqualIL-17A, IL-22, TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-2, IL-21, IL-27
Balato et al., 2014 [31]xx20Ps 10HCSkinHigh/lowTNFαI reduce IL-33 levels
Vageli et al., 2015 [32]x17PsSkinHighNo correlation with PASITNFαI reduce IL-33 levelsTLR-2, TLR-9
Suttle et al., 2015 [33]xx18PsSkin (18 pt)
Blood (4 pt)
HighST2
Patruno et al., 2015 [34]x12 Ps 3 HCSkinHigh
Shen et al. 2016, [35]x80 PSABloodHigh in 15%-85%No correlation with atherosclerosis and BMDsST2
Mitsui et al., 2016 [36]x22Ps 9PSA 17HCBloodHigh in Ps PSATNFαI reduce IL-33TNF-α, CRP, VEGF, IL-6, IL-8
Athari et al., 2016 [37]x/Skin
Li et al., 2017 [38]x20Ps 40PSA 20 HCBloodHigh in Ps PSANo correlation with PASI and PsAJAITNFαI have no influenceCRP, OPCs, OPG, TNF-α, RANKL, IL12/23p40, IL-34, IL-35, IL36, IL37, IL-38
Raimondo et al., 2017 [39]xx20Ps 15 HCSkinHighTNF-α, INF-γ, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17, RANKL, OPN, OPG
Meephansan et al., 2018 [40]x14PsSkin bloodHighMTX downregulates IL-33 levels despite UVBnb
Sehat et al., 2018 [41]x47 Ps 47HCBloodEqualPositively correlated with PASIIL-36, IL-37

Ps: psoriasis, PSA: psoriatic arthritis, HC: health controls, SF: synovial fluid, —: no detected/no analyzed/none, BMD: bone mass density, CRP: C-reactive protein, FGFbasic: fibroblast growth factor basic, GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, HDC: histidine decarboxylase, IP-10: interferon gamma-induced protein 10, MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, MIG: monokine induced by gamma-interferon, MPO: myeloperoxidase, MTX: methotrexate, PaSAJA: PSA joint activity index, OCPs: osteoclast precursors, OPG: osteoprotegerin, OPN: osteopontin, RANKL: receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand, SP: peptide substance P, TNFαI: anti-TNFα treatments, VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor.