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SynthesisMolecular psychiatry2026

Atypical cytokine profiles in people on the autism spectrum: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis including 54 cytokines.

Theresia Volk, Steve Lukito, Joaquim Radua, Hella Luksch, Veit Roessner, Nicole Beyer

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Synthesis in Molecular psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Theresia Volk *Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Steve Lukito *Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Joaquim RaduaInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer; Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-5438
Hella LukschDepartment of Paediatrics and the Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Veit RoessnerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Nicole BeyerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. nicole.beyer@ukdd.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8584-7715

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atypical peripheral blood cytokine concentrations have been shown in autism, but no clear pattern has been observed. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarised current state of findings, expanded the range of cytokines, accounted for study risk of bias, and examined relations between cytokines and autism traits. Literature comparing peripheral blood cytokine in autistic and non-autistic people was systematically searched in Ovid

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Autism Spectrum DisorderCytokinesAdolescentAdultAgedAutistic DisorderChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCytokines

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PMID42209704
PMCPMC13569442

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