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ArticleDiabetes & metabolism2012

Improvement of psoriasis during exenatide treatment in a patient with diabetes.

M Buysschaert, D Tennstedt, V Preumont

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Article in Diabetes & metabolism, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT01687582. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01687582 nacompleted

Clinical and Histopathological Effect of GLP-1 Analogs on Psoriasis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Ran2012Enrolled10Registered outcomes7Posted comparisons0ConditionsPsoriasis, Type 2 DiabetesArmsGLP-1 analog
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The effects of GLP-1RA on inflammatory skin diseases: A comprehensive review.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  8. GLP-1RAs in patients with psoriasis.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025
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  10. A Review of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 in Dermatology.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2025
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  19. GLP-1: benefits beyond pancreas.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M BuysschaertUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Service d'Endocrinologie et Nutrition, avenue Hippocrate 54/UCL 5474, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium. martin.buysschaert@uclouvain.be
D Tennstedt
V Preumont
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CONTEXT AND

aimPsoriasis is an immune-mediated skin disorder frequently associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). This report is of a clinically significant improvement in psoriasis lesions in a patient with T2D during treatment with a GLP-1 receptor agonist (exenatide). OBSERVATION: A 61-year-old male patient (BMI: 25.5 kg/m(2)) with T2D treated with metformin and sulphonylureas had also complained, since 1980, of extensive psoriasis that required multiple steroid-based treatments [Psoriasis Area and Sensitivity Index (PASI) score: 11]. In September 2008, his diabetes treatment was intensified with exenatide (Byetta(®)) to improve poor glycaemic control. The patient, as expected, lost weight and reduced HbA(1c) levels from 65 mmol/mol to 56 mmol/mol. However, after just 1 month of treatment with exenatide, the patient also reported a dramatic improvement in psoriatic plaques that was confirmed at the 1-year follow-up (PASI: estimated at 3-4). Withdrawal of exenatide was associated with weight gain, deterioration of glycaemic control and deterioration of psoriasis (PASI:>10). After reinstating exenatide treatment, the patient again reported a prompt improvement in psoriasis (PASI: 3.1).

conclusionThere was a major and rapid improvement in psoriasis in our patient with T2D following treatment with exenatide. A possible mechanism might be through direct modulation of the immune system by GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dose-Response Relationship, DrugExenatideGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedNatural Killer T-CellsPeptidesPsoriasisReceptors, GlucagonTreatment OutcomeVenomsExenatideGLP1R protein, humanGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, humanHypoglycemic AgentsPeptidesReceptors, GlucagonVenoms

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