Objective To provide a comprehensive analysis of cytokine perturbations in antipsychotic‐
naïve first‐episode psychosis (FEP) populations and assess the relationship between …

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness with chronic symptoms and significant impairment
in psychosocial functioning. Although novel antipsychotics have been developed, the …

BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is associated with immune system dysfunction, including
aberrant cytokine levels. We performed a meta-analysis of these associations, considering …

Inflammation is one of the body's first lines of defense in response to injury or infection, and
increased inflammation is found in many diseases. Acute inflammation is a nonspecific …

The search for immune biomarkers in psychiatric disorders has primarily focused on pro-
inflammatory cytokines. Other immune proteins including chemokines have been relatively …

In the past decade, there has been renewed interest in immune/inflammatory changes and
their associated oxidative/nitrosative consequences as key pathophysiological mechanisms …

Schizophrenia has been associated with central nervous system and peripheral immune
system imbalances. However, most studies have not yielded conclusive results due to …

Few studies have been conducted examining cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid of patients
compared to healthy volunteers. The goals of this study were: 1) to report original data …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest elevated inflammation in schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder, with increased activity of the Interleukin 1 (IL-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor …

Background Immune system dysfunction is a hypothesis in the psychopathology of
schizophrenia, but the impact of antipsychotic treatment within this system is not clear. The …