Abstract
Neutrophilic dermatoses (NDs) such as Sweet’s syndrome and pyoderma gangrenosum were first described more than 50 years ago and grouped based on their clinical features combined with the typical, neutrophil-rich cutaneous inflammation. In contrast, the recently identified autoinflammatory diseases (ADs) that are also associated with neutrophil granulocyte infiltration of the skin were first characterized based on their genetic architecture. Though both the older ND and the newer AD encompass distinct conditions, they can be seen as parts of a spectrum of innate inflammation. Both groups of diseases show so many overlapping clinical, pathogenetic, histologic, and genetic features that together they should likely be considered as innate immune disorders.
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Abbreviations
- ACP5 :
-
Acid phosphatase 5, tartrate resistant
- ADAR1 :
-
Adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific
- AP1S3 :
-
Adaptor-related protein complex 1, sigma 3 subunit
- CARD14 :
-
Caspase recruitment domain family, member 14
- CARD15 :
-
Caspase recruitment domain family, member 15
- CD2BP1 :
-
CD2-binding protein 1
- CECR1 :
-
Cat eye syndrome chromosome region, candidate 1
- IFIH1 :
-
Interferon induced with helicase C domain 1
- IL1RN :
-
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
- IL36RN :
-
Interleukin-36 receptor antagonist
- LPIN2 :
-
Lipin 2
- Lyn :
-
v-yes-1 Yamaguchi sarcoma viral related oncogene homolog
- MEFV :
-
Mediterranean fever
- MVK :
-
Mevalonate kinase
- NLRC4 :
-
NLR family, CARD domain containing 4
- NLRP3 :
-
NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing 3
- NOD2 :
-
Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2
- PSMB8 :
-
Proteasome (prosome, macropain) subunit, beta type, 8 (large multifunctional peptidase 7)
- PTPN6 :
-
Protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 6
- RNASEH2A :
-
Ribonuclease H2, subunit A
- RNASEH2B :
-
Ribonuclease H2, subunit B
- RNASEH2C :
-
Ribonuclease H2, subunit C
- SAMHD1 :
-
SAM domain and HD domain 1
- SH3BP2 :
-
SH3-domain binding protein 2
- SHP1 :
-
Nuclear receptor subfamily 0, group B, member 2
- TMEM173 :
-
Transmembrane protein 173
- TNFRSF1A :
-
Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1A
- TREX1 :
-
Three prime repair exonuclease 1
- TRNT1 :
-
tRNA nucleotidyl transferase, CCA-adding, 1
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Navarini, A.A., Satoh, T.K. & French, L.E. Neutrophilic dermatoses and autoinflammatory diseases with skin involvement—innate immune disorders . Semin Immunopathol 38, 45–56 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00281-015-0549-6
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