The skin, like other epithelial barrier organs, is endowed with a complex immune cellular network, which interacts with epithelial and mesenchymal cells, to ensure and maintain barrier and homeostatic functions.
CP is a common symptom of a heterogeneous spectrum of cutaneous inflammatory skin diseases, which were recently re-classified according to their immune response pattern, based on specific cellular and cytokine signatures. The neurophysiology and basic mechanisms underlying CP were recently elucidated using animal models and with clinical studies, contributing to new pathophysiological and therapeutic concepts. CP can be classified on the basis of its underlying etiology as dermatological, systemic, neurological, somatoform, or multifactorial. Chronic pruritus (CP) is defined clinically by its persistence for more than 6 weeks and it is a frequent complaint in the general population, with a 13.5–16.8% point prevalence. Pruritus is a common symptom of numerous inflammatory skin diseases, and it can be severe enough to interfere with sleeping and daily activities, and impact markedly on patients’ quality of life. Pruritus is defined as an unpleasant sensation that provokes the desire to scratch. Th2 inflammation and immunity evolved to protect against parasites, and thus, the scratching response evoked by pruritus might have developed to alert about the presence and to remove parasites from the skin surface. In contrast, in other skin diseases, such as scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, hidradenitis suppurativa, and acne, type 2 inflammation is less represented, and pruritus is milder or variable. These cytokines might act as direct pruritogen on primary sensory neurons (pruriceptors) or alter the sensitivity to other itch mediators Type 2 inflammation- and immunity-dominated skin diseases, including atopic dermatitis, prurigo nodularis, bullous pemphigoid, scabies, parasitic diseases, urticaria, and Sézary syndrome are indeed conditions associated with most severe pruritus. Type 2 cytokines, including IL-4, IL-13, thymic stromal lymphopoietin, periostin, IL-31, IL-25, and IL-33 are released by mast cells, innate lymphoid cells 2, keratinocytes, and type 2 T lymphocytes, and are master regulators of chronic itch.
We review the role of type-2 inflammation and immunity in the pathogenesis of chronic pruritic conditions of the skin. Pruritus might have a tremendous impact on patients’ quality of life and strongly interfere with sleep, social, and work activities.
This means that you can put your feet up and switch your favourite programme on, knowing that your TV is safeguarded and ready to be enjoyed for many more years to come.Pruritus is a common symptom of several skin diseases, both inflammatory and neoplastic.
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