The role of Janus kinase inhibitors in the therapy of psoriatic arthritis
Authors:
H. Ciferská
Authors‘ workplace:
Revmatologická klinika 1. LF UK, Praha
; Revmatologický ústav Praha
Published in:
Čes. Revmatol., 31, 2023, No. 1, p. 23-35.
Category:
Reviews
Overview
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic autoimmune disease with manifestations involving the musculoskeletal apparatus (entheses, joints, axial skeleton),skin, and its adnexa (hair, nails), and other organ structures. PsA belongs to a heterogeneous group of spondyloarthritis and is thought to affect up to 30% of patients with psoriasis. PsA therapy includes non-pharmacological treatment, symptomatic treatment, conventional synthetic disease-modifying drugs, biological therapy with respective biosimilar variants (bsDMARDs), and targeted synthetic disease-modifying drugs (tsDMARDs), so-called small molecules. The newest group of drugs used in the treatment of PsA include tsDMARDs that inhibit selected Janus kinases.
Keywords:
Small molecules – Psoriatic arthritis – therapy – biologic therapy – JAK
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