Observational studyTranslational psychiatry2018
Networks of blood proteins in the neuroimmunology of schizophrenia.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Immune System Abnormalities in Schizophrenia: An Integrative View and Translational Perspectives.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Blood Alterations in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2021Pooled it
- A Meta-analysis of Immune Parameters, Variability, and Assessment of Modal Distribution in Psychosis and Test of the Immune Subgroup Hypothesis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2019Pooled it
- Correlation networks of blood proteins in the neuroimmunology of schizophrenia-replication and extension.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Molecular and Functional Analysis of TLR 1, 2 and 6 in Peripheral Blood Monocytes of Patients with Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) activity, hippocampal extracellular free water, and cognitive deficits are associated with each other in early phase psychosis.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Network analysis of plasma proteomes in affective disorders.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- The implication of a diversity of non-neuronal cells in disorders affecting brain networks.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Proteome Analysis of PC12 Cells Reveals Alterations in Translation Regulation and Actin Signaling Induced by Clozapine.Neurochemical research · 2021Article
- Schizophrenia and Epigenetic Aging Biomarkers: Increased Mortality, Reduced Cancer Risk, and Unique Clozapine Effects.Biological psychiatry · 2020Article
- Predictive validity of conversion from the clinical high risk syndrome to frank psychosis.Schizophrenia research · 2020Article
- MMPs in learning and memory and neuropsychiatric disorders.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2019Review
- Neuroinflammation and Schizophrenia.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Integrated Lipidomics and Proteomics Point to Early Blood-Based Changes in Childhood Preceding Later Development of Psychotic Experiences: Evidence From the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.Biological psychiatry · 2019Article
- An Analysis of Cellular Communication Network Factor Proteins as Candidate Mediators of Postpartum Psychosis Risk.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Inflammation Subtypes and Translating Inflammation-Related Genetic Findings in Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses: A Perspective on Pathways for Treatment Stratification and Novel Therapies.Harvard review of psychiatryReview
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18 authors at 13 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Levels of certain circulating cytokines and related immune system molecules are consistently altered in schizophrenia and related disorders. In addition to absolute analyte levels, we sought analytes in correlation networks that could be prognostic. We analyzed baseline blood plasma samples with a Luminex platform from 72 subjects meeting criteria for a psychosis clinical high-risk syndrome; 32 subjects converted to a diagnosis of psychotic disorder within two years while 40 other subjects did not. Another comparison group included 35 unaffected subjects. Assays of 141 analytes passed early quality control. We then used an unweighted co-expression network analysis to identify highly correlated modules in each group. Overall, there was a striking loss of network complexity going from unaffected subjects to nonconverters and thence to converters (applying standard, graph-theoretic metrics). Graph differences were largely driven by proteins regulating tissue remodeling (e.g. blood-brain barrier). In more detail, certain sets of antithetical proteins were highly correlated in unaffected subjects (e.g. SERPINE1 vs MMP9), as expected in homeostasis. However, for particular protein pairs this trend was reversed in converters (e.g. SERPINE1 vs TIMP1, being synthetical inhibitors of remodeling of extracellular matrix and vasculature). Thus, some correlation signals strongly predict impending conversion to a psychotic disorder and directly suggest pharmaceutical targets.
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