Single-cell transcriptomics of the mouse skin reveal potential target of psoriasis

Psoriasis is a complex chronic inflammatory skin disease, but the exact mechanism underlying its development remains elusive. We found the expression of SHP2 was significantly higher in skin lesions and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells derived from psoriatic patients than those from normal controls. determine whether SHP2 activity affects psoriasis pathogenesis, we treated the murine psoriatic model with SHP099, a potent allosteric inhibitor of SHP2. SHP099 ameliorates the IMQ-induced psoriatic development in mice with unclear molecular mechanism. To address that, single-cell RNA sequencing was performed to explore the role of SHP2 in all cell types in IMQ-induced mouse skin upon SHP099 treatment. Overall design: Examination of 6 skin samples in IMQ-induced psoriasis-like mouse model