Ameliorating effect of the novel dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor teneligliptin on psoriasis: A report of two cases

Abstract

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors are a new class of antidiabetic agents also shown to possess immunomodulatory functions. Although various dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors have been widely used and assumed to be administrated in many patients with psoriasis accompanied by type 2 diabetic mellitus, only two studies have shown that sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, improved the cutaneous symptom of psoriasis independently of its antihyperglycemic effect. We report two cases of psoriatic skin lesions that obviously ameliorated after initiation of therapy with teneligliptin, a novel dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor. This report strengthens the notion that dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors clinically exert an ameliorating effect on psoriatic lesions. Considering the pharmacokinetic data that indicate the high penetrative ability of teneligliptin into skin tissue, teneligliptin may be considered an effective agent for improving skin lesions of psoriasis.