Schizophrenia and autism: both shared and disorder-specific pathogenesis via perinatal inflammation?

U Meyer, J Feldon, O Dammann - Pediatric research, 2011 - nature.com
Prenatal exposure to infection and subsequent inflammatory responses have been
implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia and autism. In this review, we summarize current …

Cytokine imbalance in schizophrenia. from research to clinic: potential implications for treatment

M Reale, E Costantini, NH Greig - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cytokines are one of the most important components of the immune system. They
orchestrate the brain's response to infectious and other exogenous insults and are crucial …

Schizophrenia is defined by cell-specific neuropathology and multiple neurodevelopmental mechanisms in patient-derived cerebral organoids

M Notaras, A Lodhi, F Dündar, P Collier… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to an inability to ethically access developing human brain tissue as well as identify
prospective cases, early-arising neurodevelopmental and cell-specific signatures of …

Impaired regulatory T cell control of astroglial overdrive and microglial pruning in schizophrenia

F Corsi-Zuelli, B Deakin - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
It is widely held that schizophrenia involves an active process of peripheral inflammation that
induces or reflects brain inflammation with activation of microglia, the brain's resident …

Chromosome 8p as a potential hub for developmental neuropsychiatric disorders: implications for schizophrenia, autism and cancer

R Tabares-Seisdedos, JLR Rubenstein - Molecular psychiatry, 2009 - nature.com
Defects in genetic and developmental processes are thought to contribute susceptibility to
autism and schizophrenia. Presumably, owing to etiological complexity identifying …

Prenatal exposure to environmental insults and enhanced risk of developing Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: focus on biological pathways and …

N Cattane, J Richetto, A Cattaneo - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
When considering neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), Schizophrenia (SZ) and Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are considered to be among the most severe in term of …

Cytokine profile in first-episode psychosis, unaffected siblings and community-based controls: the effects of familial liability and childhood maltreatment

F Corsi-Zuelli, CM Loureiro, R Shuhama… - Psychological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundInflammation is a possible biological mechanism underlying the association
between childhood maltreatment and psychosis. Previous investigations on this regard were …

Anti-inflammatory signaling in schizophrenia

U Meyer - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2011 - Elsevier
A great deal of interest has been centered upon activated inflammatory processes in
schizophrenia and their contribution to disease-relevant brain and behavioral impairment. In …

Peripheral blood-based gene expression studies in schizophrenia: a systematic review

VV Wagh, P Vyas, S Agrawal, TA Pachpor… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia is a disorder that is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized
speech or behavior, and socio-occupational impairment. The duration of observation and …

Genome-wide expression analysis of peripheral blood identifies candidate biomarkers for schizophrenia

MR Kuzman, V Medved, J Terzic, D Krainc - Journal of psychiatric research, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to analyze gene expression in blood of patients with newly-
diagnosed schizophrenia during their first psychotic episode and subsequent remission …