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Paula Rovira, Blanca Gutiérrez, Antonio Sorlózano-Puerto, José Gutiérrez-Fernández, Esther Molina, Margarita Rivera, Rafael Martínez-Leal, Inmaculada Ibanez-Casas, María Victoria Martín-Laguna, Araceli Rosa and 2 more

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Article in Genes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. From cats to cortex:Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026
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  6. Cytokine Imbalance as a Biomarker of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Paula RoviraInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2177-8412
Blanca GutiérrezInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2750-8440
Antonio Sorlózano-PuertoInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0249-2291
José Gutiérrez-FernándezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6146-9740
Esther MolinaInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0771-7608
Margarita RiveraInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Rafael Martínez-LealUnidad de Investigación en Discapacidad Intelectual y Trastornos del Desarrollo (UNIVIDD), Fundació Villablanca, IISPV, Departamento de Psicología, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), 43007 Reus, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1333-7951
Inmaculada Ibanez-CasasDepartment of Psychology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, 12901 NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1007-8966
María Victoria Martín-LagunaInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Araceli RosaSecció de Zoologia i Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6935-3785
Francisco Torres-GonzálezDepartamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Jorge A CervillaInstituto de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6891-1992
Universidad de Granada · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESState University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous and severe psychotic disorder. Epidemiological findings have suggested that the exposure to infectious agents such as Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia. On the other hand, there is evidence involving the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val105/158Met polymorphism in the aetiology of schizophrenia since it alters the dopamine metabolism. A case−control study of 141 patients and 142 controls was conducted to analyse the polymorphism, the prevalence of anti-T. gondii IgG, and their interaction on the risk for schizophrenia. IgG were detected by ELISA, and genotyping was performed with TaqMan Real-Time PCR. Although no association was found between any COMT genotype and schizophrenia, we found a significant association between T. gondii seropositivity and the disorder (χ2 = 11.71; p-value < 0.001). Furthermore, the risk for schizophrenia conferred by T. gondii was modified by the COMT genotype, with those who had been exposed to the infection showing a different risk compared to that of nonexposed ones depending on the COMT genotype (χ2 for the interaction = 7.28, p-value = 0.007). This study provides evidence that the COMT genotype modifies the risk for schizophrenia conferred by T. gondii infection, with it being higher in those individuals with the Met/Met phenotype, intermediate in heterozygous, and lower in those with the Val/Val phenotype.

Indexed as

Catechol O-MethyltransferaseSchizophreniaToxoplasmosisCase-Control StudiesHumansImmunoglobulin GToxoplasmaCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCOMT protein, humanImmunoglobulin Gcase–control studyCOMTgene–environment interactioninfectious agentsschizophreniaToxoplasma gondii

Identifiers

PMID35741850
PMCPMC9222771
OpenAlexW4283121423

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