Research progress of Th22 and IL-22 in inflammatory skin disorders / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Th22,a new subset of helper T cells,which is char-acterized by the secretion of interleukin-22(IL-22),could infil-trate to the epidermis in individuals with inflammatory skin disor-ders.This article introduces the action of Th22 and IL-22 in in-flammatory skin diseases,including psoriasis,atopic dermatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus,systemic sclerosis,aiming at re-vealing the role of Th22 and IL-22 in these diseases,which would not only provide some novel targets of drugs for inflamma-tory skin diseases,but also promote the researches on the pre-vention and treatment of these diseases.