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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 3, Pages 806-818Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.11.030
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- Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique of the CHU of Poitiers
- Region Poitou-Charentes
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Hypertensive leg ulcer (HLU) is an inflammatory disease characterized by intense pain, alteration of vascularization, and skin necrosis. The optimal treatment relies on surgical removal of necrotic tissues covered by a split-skin graft. We studied the histomorphology of the lesions and investigated the involvement of inflammatory cells and cytokines to further define the physiopathology of HLU. We report epidermis acanthosis and a preferential occlusion of the precapillary arterioles with infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages, and T lymphocytes in the dermis. OSM, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 were overexpressed in the ulcer, whereas the Th17-derived cytokines were not. In vitro, the addition of IL-1 beta and OSM promoted acanthosis and destructuring of reconstructed epidermis. Exogenous IL-1 beta and OSM synergistically induced epidermal acanthosis in mice. These data show that OSM and IL-1 beta are not only a biological characteristic signature of HLU, but these cytokines reflect a specific inflammatory state, directly involved in the pathogenesis. We suggest that anti-cytokine biotherapies could be an alternative strategy to surgery to treat HLU. (Am 3 Pathol 2013, 182: 806-818; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.11.030)
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