Background Psoriasis affects about 2-3% of Caucasian people. The psoriasis excessive growth and aberrant differentiation of keratinocytes is driven and maintained by multiple components of the immune system, including many immune-derived cytokines. It has been demonstrated that keratinocytes synthesize and secrete many cytokines; some of these interact with other skin cells like melanocytes and play a strong secretory activity, giving rise to chemical messengers that may control the proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes and the rate of melanin production. The main stimulating factors of melanogenesis are α-melanocyte stimulating hormone, ACTH ...
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