ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2017
Imaging Microglial Activation in Untreated First-Episode Psychosis: A PET Study With [
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials of Anti-Inflammatory Agents in Early-Stage Psychotic Disorders.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of the Glial Marker TSPO in Psychosis Revisited: Reconciling Inconclusive Findings of Patient-Control Differences.Biological psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: meta-analysis ofPsychological medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Positron Emission Tomography Studies of the Glial Cell Marker Translocator Protein in Patients With Psychosis: A Meta-analysis Using Individual Participant Data.Biological psychiatry · 2018Pooled it
- Immune involvement in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia: a meta-analysis on postmortem brain studies.Translational psychiatry · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of fingolimod, a sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist, on white matter microstructure, cognition and symptoms in schizophrenia.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Trial
- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Tocilizumab, An Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody, For Residual Symptoms in Schizophrenia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018Trial
- PET Imaging Unveils Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms in Psychiatric Disorders: From Microglial Activation to Therapeutic Innovation.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Effects of Cigarette Smoking and 3-Day Smoking Abstinence on Translocator Protein 18 kDa Availability: A [Addiction biology · 2025Observational
- Influence of antipsychotic drugs on microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: perspectives in an astrocyte-microglia co-culture model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- PET imaging of neuroinflammation: any credible alternatives to TSPO yet?Molecular psychiatry · 2025Review
- Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- Microglia-neuron interactions in schizophrenia.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Review
- Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
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- Immune System and Brain/Intestinal Barrier Functions in Psychiatric Diseases: Is Sphingosine-1-Phosphate at the Helm?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Microglia and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: translating scientific progress into novel therapeutic interventions.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Positron Emission Tomography of Neuroimmune Responses in Humans: Insights and Intricacies.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2023Review
- The neurobiology of duration of untreated psychosis: a comprehensive review.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Review
- New insight in the cross-talk between microglia and schizophrenia: From the perspective of neurodevelopment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveNeuroinflammation and abnormal immune responses are increasingly implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Previous positron emission tomography (PET) studies targeting the translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) have been limited by high nonspecific binding of the first-generation radioligand, low-resolution scanners, small sample sizes, and psychotic patients being on antipsychotics or not being in the first episode of their illness. The present study uses the novel second-generation TSPO PET radioligand [
methodNineteen untreated patients with first-episode psychosis (14 of them antipsychotic naive) and 20 healthy volunteers underwent a high-resolution [
resultsNo significant differences were observed between patients and healthy volunteers in microglial activation, as indexed by [
conclusionsThe lack of significant differences in [
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