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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2018

Study of Novel Autoantibodies in Schizophrenia.

Ruth Whelan, David St Clair, Colette J Mustard, Philomena Hallford, Jun Wei

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Article in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruth WhelanDivision of Health Research, Centre for Health Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.
David St ClairDepartment of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Colette J MustardDivision of Health Research, Centre for Health Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.
Philomena HallfordDivision of Health Research, Centre for Health Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.
Jun WeiDivision of Health Research, Centre for Health Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.
University of the Highlands and Islands · GBUniversity of Aberdeen · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent genome-wide association (GWA) study confirmed 108 genetic loci that were strongly associated with schizophrenia. Fifteen schizophrenia-associated genes were selected for this study based on a number of selection criteria including their high expression in both brain tissues and B-lymphocyte cells. We aimed to investigate whether individuals with schizophrenia showed different levels of plasma IgG antibodies against protein-derived fragments encoded by these 15 genes. A total of 356 plasma samples were used to analyze circulating IgG antibodies against 18 target peptide antigens using an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of 18 antigens tested, 6 (derived from DPYD, MAD1L1, ZNF804A, DRD2, TRANK1, and MMP16, respectively) showed increased IgG levels and 3 (derived from TSNARE1, TCF4, and VRK2, respectively) showed decreased IgG levels in patients with schizophrenia compared with control subjects. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that the anti-TRANK1 IgG assay had the area under the ROC curve of 0.68 (95% CI = 0.62-0.73), with the highest sensitivity of 20.7% against specificity of 95.2% among all 18 tests. There was no difference in positivity of anti-double strand DNA IgG between the patient group and the control group and no correlation between total IgG levels and each individual IgG level tested. Although risperidone treatment showed confounding effects on overall IgG levels in the circulation (combined P = .005), anti-TRANK1 IgG levels did not appear to be significantly affected (t = 1.358, P = .176). In conclusion, this study suggests that circulating anti-TRANK1 IgG is likely to serve as a biomarker for identification of a subgroup of schizophrenia.

Indexed as

AdultAutoantibodiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedSchizophreniaAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin G

Identifiers

PMID29373732
PMCPMC6192490
OpenAlexW2791674918

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