PMID- 27043841 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170531 LR - 20181113 IS - 1179-2000 (Electronic) IS - 1177-1062 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Jun TI - A Pharmacogenetic Study of Psoriasis Risk Variants in a Greek Population and Prediction of Responses to Anti-TNF-alpha and Anti-IL-12/23 Agents. PG - 221-5 LID - 10.1007/s40291-016-0198-z [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Psoriasis is a highly divergent disease with many disease phenotypes, but there are currently no established biomarkers to predict the therapeutic outcomes of systemic treatments. With the introduction of biologic therapies during the last decade and with new treatments constantly emerging, there is a great need to validate biomarkers that have been reported to be associated with treatment response, and to introduce new biomarkers of possible clinical value. METHODS: In the current study, we aimed to investigate the association of psoriasis-related polymorphisms that have previously been reported to effect the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) therapies (etanercept, adalimumab, and infliximab) and anti-interleukin-12/23 (anti-IL-12/23) biologic therapy (ustekinumab) in a Greek cohort of psoriasis patients. RESULTS: Rs10484554 in the HLA-C gene showed an association with a good response to anti-TNF-alpha agents but not to ustekinumab, while rs151823 and rs26653 in the ERAP1 gene showed associations with a good response to anti-IL-12/23 therapy. CONCLUSION: This study is the first in the field of pharmacogenetics in Greek psoriasis patients. Further, larger studies are required to validate our findings and replicate them in various populations. FAU - Masouri, Sofia AU - Masouri S AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. sofimasouri@yahoo.gr. FAU - Stefanaki, Irene AU - Stefanaki I AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. FAU - Ntritsos, Giorgos AU - Ntritsos G AD - Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece. FAU - Kypreou, Katerina P AU - Kypreou KP AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. FAU - Drakaki, Eleni AU - Drakaki E AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. FAU - Evangelou, Evangelos AU - Evangelou E AD - Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece. AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. FAU - Nicolaidou, Electra AU - Nicolaidou E AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. FAU - Stratigos, Alexandros John AU - Stratigos AJ AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. FAU - Antoniou, Christina AU - Antoniou C AD - Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Dragoumi 5, Athens, 161 21, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - New Zealand TA - Mol Diagn Ther JT - Molecular diagnosis & therapy JID - 101264260 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Interleukin-23) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - FU77B4U5Z0 (Ustekinumab) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - *Genetic Variation MH - Genotype MH - Greece MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-12/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Interleukin-23/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - *Pharmacogenomic Variants MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Psoriasis/*drug therapy/*genetics MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Ustekinumab/pharmacology/therapeutic use EDAT- 2016/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/01 06:00 CRDT- 2016/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s40291-016-0198-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40291-016-0198-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Diagn Ther. 2016 Jun;20(3):221-5. doi: 10.1007/s40291-016-0198-z.