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  "abstract": "Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease closely associated with obesity and metabolic dysfunction. While excess adiposity is considered a key risk factor, the independent contribution of body composition to psoriatic inflammation remains unclear. Myostatin negatively regulates skeletal muscle growth, and its inhibition leads to muscle hypertrophy and reduced adiposity. In this study, we investigated whether altered body composition due to impaired myostatin function affects imiquimod (IMQ)-induced psoriasiform dermatitis. Wild-type (WT) and dominant-negative myostatin transgenic mice were fed either a normal diet or a high-fat diet (HFD) for 10 weeks, followed by topical IMQ treatment to induce dermatitis. Mutant mice exhibited increased skeletal muscle mass and reduced visceral fat compared with WT controls, indicating marked changes in body composition. In WT mice, HFD feeding increased fat mass and tended to aggravate IMQ-induced ear swelling. In contrast, no significant effect of impaired myostatin function on ear thickness, epidermal hyperplasia, or the expression of psoriasis-associated genes was detected, despite reduced visceral fat. Under the present experimental conditions, these changes in body composition were not associated with a detectable attenuation of psoriasiform skin inflammation. Our results suggest that obesity-related psoriasis is influenced by metabolic and immunological factors beyond body composition.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.",
    "Department of Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan.",
    "Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari 794-8555, Japan.",
    "Department of Natural Sciences, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan.",
    "Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan."
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      "name": "Yoshihide Sunada"
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      "name": "Tomoyuki Mukai",
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  "doi": "10.3390/ijms27198518",
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13665227?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13665227",
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  "published": "2026-09-24",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/b4g89kxr42cv7.ris",
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  "title": "Impaired Myostatin Function Alters Body Composition Without Detectable Attenuation of Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasiform Dermatitis.",
  "title_text": "Impaired Myostatin Function Alters Body Composition Without Detectable Attenuation of Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasiform Dermatitis.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:19:16Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/b4g89kxr42cv7",
  "venue": "International journal of molecular sciences",
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