Characterization of gut microbiota in psoriatic patients cohort

Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. Gut microbiota is implicated in the maturation of the host immune system and in many fundamental metabolic pathways. Imbalance of gut microbial populations or dysbiosis has important functional consequences and is implicated in many diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were differences in gut microbiota in psoriatic patients vs non psoriatic controls and between psoriasis severity groups.