A Comparative Study on Serum Levels of "Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin" Between Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris and Healthy Individuals: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a cytokine initially implicated to be associated with allergic disorders inducing Th2 response. Emerging studies have shown that TSLP is also involved in autoimmune diseases. In psoriasis, TSLP acts in synergy with T cell-derived CD40L to promote the release of IL-23 from dendritic cells.