Incidence of human cytomegalovirus infection and T‐cell response in patients with psoriasis before and during antitumour necrosis factor‐α therapy

psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects approximately 2-3% of the world population.1 Among the cytokines produced by T cells, TNF-α has a crucial role in psoriasis.2 Thus, TNF-α blocking therapy is efficient in the treatment of psoriasis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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