"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Psoriasis" ed. by Anca Chiriac

This volume provides comprehensive and new description of some issues related to psoriasis research and for understanding of clinical correlations, genetic aspects, experimental research, and potential therapeutic interventions. The book could be a source of information for clinicians and researchers from different fields in raising awareness of the disease.

In 2014, psoriasis was recognized as a serious noncommunicable disease in the World Health Assembly Resolution WHA67.9, with a great negative impact on patients' quality of life. Psoriasis is a worldwide chronic disease, affecting all ages and all races, and a serious global health problem. Psoriasis is a complex disease with still unknown etiology and no specific curative treatment.

Contents
1 Psoriasis and Genetics
2 A Review of Possible Triggering or Therapeutic Effects of Antimicrobial Vaccines on Psoriasis
3 Pathogenic Role of Cytokines and Effect of Their Inhibition in Psoriasis
4 Human Translational Research in Psoriasis Using CLA+ T Cells
5 Psoriatic Animal Models Developed for the Study of the Disease
6 Immune System Links Psoriasis-Mediated Inflammation to Cardiovascular Diseases via Traditional and Non-Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors
7 Clinical and Epidemiological Factors Predicting the Severity of Psoriasis
8 Ultrasonography as a New, Non-Invasive Imagistic Technique Used for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Psoriasis
9 Pharmacogenetics of Psoriasis Treatment
10 The Role of Methotrexate in Psoriatic Therapy in the Age of Biologic and Biosimilar Medication: Therapeutic Benefits versus Toxicology Emergencies