The use of IL-17/IL-23 blocking therapy for rare inflammatory skin diseases needs proof of principle data for larger clinical trials. Here the authors show that patients with Darier disease have enhanced Th17 cells and, using IL-17/IL-23 blockers, they show that the immune gene signatures are altered in localised skin biopsies.
- Monika Ettinger
- Teresa Burner
- Wolfram Hoetzenecker