A crucial role for glucose metabolism has been identified in wound repair and in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory skin diseases, indicating that targeting metabolism is an approach for treating psoriasis.
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Hiebert, P., Werner, S. Targeting metabolism to treat psoriasis. Nat Med 24, 537–539 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0027-5
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