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The humoral immunity to epidermal and dermal antigens in psoriasis: a downstream rather than an upstream event

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Funding

This study was supported by Mahidol University research Grant and the Thailand Research Fund (IRN60W0004 and IRG5980006). None of them had any role in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Leena Chularojanamontri, Chanisada Wongpraparut, Narumol Silpa-Archa & Kanokvalai Kulthanan

  2. Medical Proteomics Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 6th Floor - SiMR Building, 2 Wanglang Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand

    Paleerath Peerapen, Wanida Boonmark & Visith Thongboonkerd

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LC, CW, NS, PP, WB, KK and VT designed research; LC, PP and WB performed experiments; LC, CW, NS, PP, WB, KK and VT analyzed data; LC and VT wrote the manuscript; All authors reviewed and approved the manuscript.

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The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee (Approval No. 599/2016) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki Principles.

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Chularojanamontri, L., Wongpraparut, C., Silpa-Archa, N. et al. The humoral immunity to epidermal and dermal antigens in psoriasis: a downstream rather than an upstream event. Clin Exp Med 18, 453–456 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-018-0503-8

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