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Hindelang, B. ; Nau, T. ; Englert, L. ; Berezhnoi, A. ; Lauffer, F.* ; Darsow, U.* ; Biedermann, T.* ; Eyerich, K.* ; Aguirre Bueno, J. ; Ntziachristos, V.

Enabling precision monitoring of psoriasis treatment by optoacoustic mesoscopy.

Sci. Transl. Med. 14:eabm8059 (2022)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
Psoriasis is a widespread inflammatory skin disease affecting about 2% of the general population. Recently, treatments that specifically target key proinflammatory cytokines driving the disease have been developed to complement conventional therapies with unspecific antiproliferative or anti-inflammatory effects. Efficient monitoring of treatment efficacy in the context of precision medicine and the assessment of new therapeutics require accurate noninvasive readouts of disease progression. However, characterization of psoriasis treatment remains subjective based on visual and palpatory clinical assessment of features observed on the skin surface. We hypothesized that optoacoustic (photoacoustic) mesoscopy could offer label-free assessment of inflammation biomarkers, extracted from three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution images of the human skin, not attainable by other noninvasive methods. We developed a second-generation ultra-broadband optoacoustic mesoscopy system, featuring sub-10-μm resolution and advanced motion correction technology, and performed 80 longitudinal measurements of 20 psoriatic skin plaques in humans under conventional inpatient treatment or receiving biologics with concomitant topical corticosteroid treatment. Optoacoustic image analysis revealed inflammatory and morphological skin features that indicated treatment efficacy with sensitivity, accuracy, and precision that was not possible using clinical metrics. We identify 3D imaging biomarkers that reveal responses to treatment and offer the potential to facilitate disease and treatment characterization. Our findings suggest that optoacoustic mesoscopy may offer a method of choice for yielding both qualitative and quantitative evaluations of skin treatments that are inaccessible by other methods, potentially enabling optimized therapies and precision medicine in dermatology.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 1946-6234
e-ISSN 1946-6242
Journal Science Translational Medicine
Quellenangaben Volume: 14, Issue: 644, Pages: , Article Number: eabm8059 Supplement: ,
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI)