Detecting a psoriatic antigen analogous to infectious prion proteins
Journal: Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity
Year: 2019

Until now, psoriatic antigen as a specific antigen derived from some infectious agent potentially related to origin of psoriasis has not been identified, thereby strongly arguing against infectious theory of psoriasis. However, the lack of specific psoriasis-associated antigens may be theoretically accounted for by an idea that psoriatic antigen could be analogous to infectious prion proteins (PrPSc analogue). It might be identical to some epidermal protein in psoriasis-free subjects that might