Table 2.
Ref. | N° subjects: Treatment | Peroxidation | TAC | Inflammation | Lipid profile |
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Duration (study design) | |||||
[33] | 7: topical treatmenta | ↑ | |||
Single application | |||||
[28] | 67: topical treatmentb | ↓ TBARS | |||
20 days | |||||
[57] | 67: topical treatmentb | ↓ TBARS | |||
20 days | |||||
[26] | 10: topical treatmentc | ↓ TBARS | ↔ | ↔ CRP | ↔ CHOL, LDL, HDL, TG |
↔ oxLDL | |||||
11: NB UVB | ↔ TBARS, oxLDL | ↔ | ↓ CRP | ↔ CHOL, LDL, HDL, TG | |
13: PUVA | ↔ TBARS, oxLDL | ↓ | ↓ CRP | ↔ CHOL, LDL, HDL, TG | |
3, 6, and 12 weeks (3 treatments in parallel) | |||||
[27] | 10: topical treatmentc | ↓ TBARS | ↔ | ↔ CRP | |
17: NB UVB | ↓ TBARS | ↔ | ↓ CRP | ||
20: PUVA | ↓ TBARS | ↔ | ↓ CRP | ||
3, 6, and 12 weeks (2 treatments in parallel) | |||||
[39] | 32: BB UVB | ↑ TBARS | |||
21 weeks (longitudinal) | |||||
[59] | 24: NB UVB | ↑ TOS | ↔ | ↔ CRP | |
30 sessions (longitudinal) | |||||
[60] | 3: MMF | ↔ MDA | ↔ CRP | ||
1 months (longitudinal) | |||||
[29] | 58: MTX | ↑ MDA | ↔ | ||
6 and 12 weeks (longitudinal) | |||||
[61] | 26: MTX | ↔ TOS | ↔ | ↓ CHOL, LDL, HDL | |
8 weeks (longitudinal) | |||||
[21] | 13: Infliximab | ↓ MDA | ↔ | ↓ ROS | |
6 months (parallel: treated versus 16 untreated patients) | |||||
[62] | 23: Etanercept | ↓ peroxides | ↑ | ↓ CRP | ↔ CHOL, LDL, HDL, TG |
24 weeks (longitudinal) | |||||
[44] | 24: Efalizumab | ↓ MDA | ↔ IL-8 | ||
12-week (longitudinal) | ↓ Ex-vivo TNF-α and IFN-γ |
BB UVB: broad-band UVB; CHOL: cholesterol; CRP: C-reactive protein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; IFN: interferon; IL: interleukin; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; MDA: malondialdehyde; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; MTX: Methotrexate; NB UVB: narrow-band UVB; oxLDL: oxidized low-density lipoprotein; PUVA: photochemotherapy; ROS: reactive oxygen species; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substance; TG: triglycerides; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; TOS: total oxidant status; Topical treatment: afluocinolone acetonide, bsalicyl ointment, cignoline, tar, followed by bethametasone dipropionide with salicyl acid, ccalcipotriene (calcipotriol) or betamethasone dipropionate, or a combination of the two; ↑: increased; ↓: decreased; ↔: unchanged