Fig. 3.

Summary of the effects of corticosteroids and vitamin D analogs on T-cell subsets involved in psoriasis pathogenesis [33]. Th17-cells are more involved in psoriasis pathogenesis than Th1 cells. The upward and downward arrows indicate induction and downregulation of T-cells, respectively, by calcipotriol and steroid. DC dendritic cells, FOXP3 Forkhead box P3, IFN interferon, IL interleukin, MHC major histocompatibility complex, TCR T-cell receptor, Th T-helper cell, T-reg regulatory T-cell

Adapted from Bailey et al. [33]