Immunologic Response to Secukinumab in Plaque Psoriasis

Quantitative analysis of the immunologic changes in immune cell populations will be performed after secukinumab treatment in 15 patients at weeks 2, 4, and 12 compared to baseline week 0. The immunologic profiles in psoriasis patients will also be compared to healthy control skin surgical discard specimens (n=10). The number of differentially expressed genes in each cell population will be quantified by RNA-seq at weeks 2, 4, 12 after secukinumab compared to baseline.