A Novel Whole Tissue Explant Model of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Leboit, P. E.; Patel, D. U.; Cohen, J. N.; Moss, M. I.; Naik, H. B.; Yates, A. E.; Harris, H. W.; Klufas, D. M.; Kim, E. A.; Neuhaus, I. M.; Hansen, S. L.; Kyle, R. L.; Kelly, M.; Rosenblum, M. D.; Lowe, M. M.
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a relatively common and highly morbid inflammatory skin disease. Due to our relatively limited understanding of HSs pathogenesis, there are currently insufficient treatment options available, and many patients medical needs are not being met. This is partly due to a scarcity of ex vivo human assays and animal models that accurately recapitulate the disease. To address this deficit, we have developed a whole-tissue explant model of HS to examine its pathogenic mechanisms and the efficacy of potential treatments within intact human tissue. We measured cytokine protein and RNA within whole tissue maintained in an agar-media solution, finding that IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations trended upwards in both HS explants and healthy controls, while IL-17A, IL-1{beta}, and TNF- exhibited increases in HS tissue alone. We also show that the explants were responsive to treatment with both dexamethasone and IL-2. Not only do our results show that this model effectively delivers treatments throughout the explants, but they also elucidate which cytokines are related to the explant process regardless of tissue state and which are related to HS tissue specifically, laying the groundwork for future implementations of this model.
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