Valentini Virginia, Silvestri Valentina, Bucalo Agostino, Marraffa Federica, Risicato Maria, Grassi Sara, Pellacani Giovanni, Ottini Laura, Richetta Antonio Giovanni
Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Unit of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties Sapienza, University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
J Pers Med. 2022 Jul 9;12(7):1118. doi: 10.3390/jpm12071118.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most common comorbidities that may affect psoriatic patients. Several exogenous and endogenous factors are involved in the etiology and progression of both psoriasis and CVD. A potential genetic link between the two diseases has emerged; however, some gaps remain in the understanding of the CVD prevalence in psoriatic patients. Recently, the role of the gut microbiome dysbiosis was documented in the development and maintenance of both diseases. To investigate whether gut microbiome dysbiosis might influence the occurrence of CVD in psoriatic patients, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to characterize the gut microbiome of 28 psoriatic patients, including 17 patients with and 11 without CVD. The comparison of the gut microbiome composition between patients with and without CVD showed a higher prevalence of and in patients with CVD. Among patients with CVD, those undergoing biologic therapy had lower abundance levels of comparable to those found in patients without CVD. Overall, these findings suggest that the co-occurrence of psoriasis and CVD might be linked to gut microbiome dysbiosis and that therapeutic strategies could help to restore the intestinal symbiosis, potentially improving the clinical management of psoriasis and its associated comorbidities.
心血管疾病(CVD)是可能影响银屑病患者的最常见合并症之一。银屑病和心血管疾病的病因及进展涉及多种外源性和内源性因素。两种疾病之间潜在的遗传联系已显现;然而,对银屑病患者中心血管疾病患病率的理解仍存在一些空白。最近,肠道微生物群失调在这两种疾病的发生和维持中的作用已被记录。为了研究肠道微生物群失调是否可能影响银屑病患者心血管疾病的发生,对28例银屑病患者进行了16S rRNA基因测序以表征其肠道微生物群,其中包括17例患有心血管疾病的患者和11例未患心血管疾病的患者。患心血管疾病和未患心血管疾病患者的肠道微生物群组成比较显示,患心血管疾病的患者中[具体微生物名称1]和[具体微生物名称2]的患病率更高。在患有心血管疾病的患者中,接受生物治疗的患者的[具体微生物名称3]丰度水平较低,与未患心血管疾病的患者相当。总体而言,这些发现表明银屑病和心血管疾病的共存可能与肠道微生物群失调有关,并且治疗策略可能有助于恢复肠道共生,潜在地改善银屑病及其相关合并症的临床管理。