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ArticleNPJ schizophrenia2021

DNA hydrolysing IgG catalytic antibodies: an emerging link between psychoses and autoimmunity.

Rajendran Ramesh, Aparna Sundaresh, Ravi Philip Rajkumar, Vir Singh Negi, M A Vijayalakshmi, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Ryad Tamouza, Marion Leboyer, A S Kamalanathan

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Article in NPJ schizophrenia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rajendran RameshCentre for BioSeparation Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Aparna SundareshDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
Ravi Philip RajkumarDepartment of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
Vir Singh NegiDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
M A VijayalakshmiCentre for BioSeparation Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rajagopal KrishnamoorthyFondation FondaMental, Créteil, France.
Ryad TamouzaFondation FondaMental, Créteil, France.
Marion LeboyerFondation FondaMental, Créteil, France.
A S KamalanathanCentre for BioSeparation Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. kamalanathan_as@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-4629
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INVellore Institute of Technology University · INInserm · FRFondation FondaMental · FR

Funding

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) SRFIndo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de la Recherche Avancée) 1503-IIndo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de la Recherche Avancée) 5103-I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is not uncommon to observe autoimmune comorbidities in a significant subset of patients with psychotic disorders, namely schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BPD). To understand the autoimmune basis, the DNA abyzme activity mediated by serum polyclonal IgG Abs were examined in psychoses patients, quantitatively, by an in-house optimized DNase assay. A similar activity exhibited by IgG Abs from neuropsychiatric-systemic lupus erythematosus (NP-SLE) patients was used as a comparator. Our data revealed that the IgG DNase activity of SCZ was close to that of NP-SLE and it was twofold higher than the healthy controls. Interestingly, the association between DNase activity with PANSS (positive, general and total scores) and MADRS were noted in a subgroup of SCZ and BPD patients, respectively. In our study group, the levels of IL-6 and total IgG in BPD patients were higher than SCZ and healthy controls, indicating a relatively inflammatory nature in BPD, while autoimmune comorbidity was mainly observed in SCZ patients.

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PMID33637732
PMCPMC7910540
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