IL17A and psoriatic arthritis: We have previously reported [18] that IL-17A gene expression in the synovial membrane of patients with psoriatic arthritis was positively correlated with traditional proteins that damage the bone and negatively correlated with the bone-forming proteins in peripheral arthritis, and that TGF-β1 immunoreactivity in synovial tissue was higher in patients with erosive psoriatic arthritis correlating with the increased levels of IL-17A and Dkk1 in the IHC.