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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021

Autoantibody profiles associated with clinical features in psychotic disorders.

August Jernbom Falk, Cherrie Galletly, David Just, Catherine Toben, Bernhard T Baune, Scott R Clark, Dennis Liu, Peter Nilsson, Anna Månberg, K Oliver Schubert

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

August Jernbom FalkDepartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden. augustfa@kth.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7773-1851
Cherrie GalletlyDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-9677
David JustDepartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-2256
Catherine TobenDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Bernhard T BauneDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Scott R ClarkDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1640-5611
Dennis LiuDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Peter NilssonDepartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4657-8532
Anna MånbergDepartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-1313
K Oliver SchubertDiscipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Oliver.schubert@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1690-0209
Science for Life Laboratory · SESA Health · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune processes are suspected to play a role in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders. Better understanding of the associations between auto-immunoglobulin G (IgG) repertoires and clinical features of mental illness could yield novel models of the pathophysiology of psychosis, and markers for biological patient stratification. We undertook cross-sectional detection and quantification of auto-IgGs in peripheral blood plasma of 461 people (39% females) with established psychotic disorder diagnoses. Broad screening of 24 individuals was carried out on group level in eight clinically defined groups using planar protein microarrays containing 42,100 human antigens representing 18,914 proteins. Autoantibodies indicated by broad screening and in the previous literature were measured using a 380-plex bead-based array for autoantibody profiling of all 461 individuals. Associations between autoantibody profiles and dichotomized clinical characteristics were assessed using a stepwise selection procedure. Broad screening and follow-up targeted analyses revealed highly individual autoantibody profiles. Females, and people with family histories of obesity or of psychiatric disorders other than schizophrenia had the highest overall autoantibody counts. People who had experienced subjective thought disorder and/or were treated with clozapine (trend) had the lowest overall counts. Furthermore, six autoantibodies were associated with specific psychopathology symptoms: anti-AP3B2 (persecutory delusions), anti-TDO2 (hallucinations), anti-CRYGN (initial insomnia); anti-APMAP (poor appetite), anti-OLFM1 (above-median cognitive function), and anti-WHAMMP3 (anhedonia and dysphoria). Future studies should clarify whether there are causal biological relationships, and whether autoantibodies could be used as clinical markers to inform diagnostic patient stratification and choice of treatment.

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Psychotic DisordersSchizophreniaAutoantibodiesCross-Sectional StudiesDelusionsFemaleHumansMaleAutoantibodies

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