More news blurbs about psoriasis and the genes that cause and regulate it:
A study looking at twinsfound that skin psoriasis was more likely to be shared among them than psoriatic arthritis.
Another looked at a gene mutation which appears to account for 1.7% of psoriasis cases. It should be noted from this that psoriasis likely has many causes and many genes which affect it. Genes that are linked to psoriasis are termed psoriasis susceptibility genes.
The last study I"ll mention today found that genetic differences not only accounted for variations in the benefits of the drug methotrexate, but also in the unwanted toxicity of this drug.
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