Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia due to absolute or relative deficiencies in insulin secretion and insulin resistance. Current epidemiological studies indi-cate that patients with psoriasis have a significantly higher risk of developing diabetes than the general population. Patients with psoriasis have significantly higher levels of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) which plays an important role in insulin resistance. It has been found that four susceptible genes of psoriasis,CDKAL1,PSORS2,PSORS3 and PSORS4,are related to type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition,our previous studies suggested that an hypoglycemicdrug,thiazolidinediones,can also improve the psoriasis skin lesion symptoms by changing the hypodermic chronic inflammatory state while treating the type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore,this paper summarizes the relevant research progress,analyzes the possible pathophysiological mechanisms,and related therapies for these two diseases.