[HTML][HTML] Tofacitinib treatment and molecular analysis of cutaneous sarcoidosis

W Damsky, D Thakral, N Emeagwali… - New England Journal …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
W Damsky, D Thakral, N Emeagwali, A Galan, B King
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018Mass Medical Soc
There is evidence that Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer and activator of transcription
(STAT) signaling plays a role in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. We treated a patient with
cutaneous sarcoidosis with the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib; the patient had not previously had a
response to medications and had not received systemic glucocorticoids. This treatment
resulted in clinical and histologic remission of her skin disease. Sequencing of RNA and
immunohistochemical examination of skin-lesion samples obtained from the patient before …
Summary
There is evidence that Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling plays a role in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. We treated a patient with cutaneous sarcoidosis with the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib; the patient had not previously had a response to medications and had not received systemic glucocorticoids. This treatment resulted in clinical and histologic remission of her skin disease. Sequencing of RNA and immunohistochemical examination of skin-lesion samples obtained from the patient before and during therapy and immunohistochemical testing of lesion samples obtained from other patients with cutaneous sarcoidosis support a role for JAK-STAT signaling in cutaneous sarcoidosis. (Funded by the Ranjini and Ajay Poddar Resource Fund for Dermatologic Diseases Research and others.)
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