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In this study, we applied mass spectrometry-based proteomics to compare the plasma protein levels between patients with psoriasis and healthy individuals, aiming to unveil potential systemically dysregulated proteins and pathways associated with the disease. Plasma samples from adult patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis vulgaris (N = 59) and healthy age- and sex-matched individuals (N = 21) were analyzed using liquid chromatography\u2013tandem mass spectrometry. Patients did not receive systemic anti-psoriatic treatment for four weeks before inclusion. A total of 776 protein groups were quantified. Of these, 691 were present in at least 60% of the samples, providing the basis for the downstream analysis. We identified 20 upregulated and 22 downregulated proteins in patients with psoriasis compared to controls (p &lt; 0.05). Multiple proteins from the complement system were upregulated, including C2, C4b, C5, and C9, and pathway analysis revealed enrichment of proteins involved in complement activation and formation of the terminal complement complex. On the other end of the spectrum, periostin was the most downregulated protein in sera from patients with psoriasis. This comprehensive proteomic investigation revealed significantly elevated levels of complement cascade proteins in psoriatic plasma, which might contribute to increased systemic inflammation in patients with psoriasis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms25168791","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,14]],"date-time":"2024-08-14T05:23:27Z","timestamp":1723613007000},"page":"8791","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Unbiased Proteomic Exploration Suggests Overexpression of Complement Cascade Proteins in Plasma from Patients with Psoriasis Compared with Healthy Individuals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9624-5551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bj\u00f8rn","family":"Kromann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Zealand University Hospital, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lili","family":"Niu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5378-5129","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Line B. 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