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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2025

Monocytes Expressing IL-36G Play a Crucial Role in Atopic Dermatitis.

Yitao Yang, Lei Wang, Longmei Yu, Chenxi Chang, Honglei Zhang, Linhan Hu, Juntong Liu, Yihang Zhang, Hui Han, Haiyun Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yitao YangSchool of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0005-9169-1023
Lei WangHubei Shizhen Laboratory, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Longmei YuNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Chenxi ChangNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Honglei ZhangNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Linhan HuNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Juntong LiuNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yihang ZhangNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Hui HanNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Haiyun ZhangSchool of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Yumei ZhouNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ji WangNational Institute of TCM Constitution and Preventive Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Funding

High level Key Discipline of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Traditional Chinese constitutional medicine No.zyyzdxk-2023251Major Science and Technology Special Projects in Hubei Province No.2023BCA005the Chief Scientist Research Project of Hubei Shizhen Laboratory HSL2024SX0002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (ad) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, with recent studies indicating that immune cells, such as monocytes and inflammatory cytokines, play a crucial role. By retrieving datasets from public databases and analysing immune cell infiltration in lesional skin using CIBERSORT, we found that monocytes and M2 macrophages were significantly upregulated in atopic dermatitis. Differentially expressed gene (DEG) functional enrichment analysis revealed that cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction was the most significantly enriched pathway. Further analysis of cytokines and their receptors, along with their correlation with infiltrating immune cells, identified IL36G-expressing monocytes as a key target in atopic dermatitis. We compared immune cell infiltration and cytokine-related targets in similar inflammatory skin diseases, such as psoriasis and urticaria, to evaluate similarities and differences among these three skin conditions. The analysis revealed that IL36G-expressing monocytes were also highly expressed in psoriasis but did not play a pivotal role in urticaria. Finally, we used molecular docking to predict and validate drugs targeting IL36G. Our study highlights IL36G-expressing monocytes as a common key target in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, offering novel insights and therapeutic strategies for these related diseases.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicInterleukin-1MonocytesChronic UrticariaHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Targeted TherapyPsoriasisTranscriptomeIL36G protein, humanInterleukin-1atopic dermatitiscytokinesIL36Gimmune infiltrationmonocytes

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PMID40159643
PMCPMC11955416

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