Serum Visfatin, Fetuin-A, and Pentraxin 3 Levels in Patients With Psoriasis and Their Relation to Disease Severity

Abstract

BackgroundPsoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease associated with increase of some pro-inflammatory mediators. We wanted to investigate whether there is a relationship between psoriasis and visfatin, fetuin-A and pentraxin 3 (PTX3)pro-inflammatory mediators implicated in the development of insulin resistance (IR), metabolic syndrome, and atherosclerosis.