Cantatore Francesco Paolo, Maruotti Nicola, Corrado Addolorata, Ribatti Domenico
Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia Medical School, Foggia, Italy.
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:5312813. doi: 10.1155/2017/5312813. Epub 2017 Jul 19.
There is evidence that psoriatic arthritis is closely linked to angiogenesis. Morphological changes described in blood vessels of psoriatic arthritis joints suggest the presence of a dysregulated angiogenesis resulting in the formation of immature vessels. Even if the reason of this inefficient angiogenesis is still unclear, an imbalance between angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors is probably responsible for inducing a dysregulated angiogenesis in psoriatic arthritis, which seems to be involved in its pathogenesis and clinical features. Nevertheless, among chronic arthritides, while angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis has been largely studied with a great amount of literature data, limited data on angiogenesis role in psoriatic arthritis are available. This review article is focused on current knowledge on the mechanisms responsible for dysregulated angiogenesis in psoriatic arthritis.
有证据表明银屑病关节炎与血管生成密切相关。银屑病关节炎关节血管中所描述的形态学变化提示存在血管生成失调,导致不成熟血管形成。即便这种低效血管生成的原因仍不清楚,但血管生成因子与抗血管生成因子之间的失衡可能是银屑病关节炎中血管生成失调的原因,这似乎涉及其发病机制和临床特征。然而,在慢性关节炎中,虽然类风湿关节炎中的血管生成已得到大量文献数据的广泛研究,但关于血管生成在银屑病关节炎中的作用的数据有限。这篇综述文章聚焦于目前有关银屑病关节炎中血管生成失调机制的知识。