Şeref Şimşek1, Veli Yıldırım2, Abdullah Çim3, Savaş Kaya4. 1. 1 Department of Child Psychiatry, Dicle University Medical School , Diyarbakır, Turkey . 2. 2 Department of Child Psychiatry, Mersin University Medical School , Mersin, Turkey . 3. 3 Department of Medical Genetics, Dicle University Medical School , Diyarbakır, Turkey . 4. 4 Department of Immunology, Dicle University Medical School , Diyarbakır, Turkey .
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In this study, it was aimed to understand the underlying possible immunopathogenesis of first episode, early onset schizophrenia (EOS) through profiling the T helper 1 (Th1) cell cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-2, Th2 cell cytokines IL-4 and IL-10, Th17 cell cytokine IL-17A, and inflammatory cytokine IL-6. METHODS: The study included a total of 30 children, admitted to child psychiatry outpatient clinic aged between 10 and 17 years of age, who had not received prior therapy and were diagnosed with psychosis according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) as the patient group, and 26 age- and gender-matched children as the control group. Structured psychiatric interviews (K-SADS-PL and PANSS) were conducted with all participants. The BD Cytokine Bead Array Human Th1/Th2/Th17 Cytokine Kit is used for the measurement of serum cytokines, for example, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF-α, and IFN-γ. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between groups in terms of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF-α, and IFN-γ levels (p > 0.05). However, there was a significant correlation between IL-10 and IL-4 with negative symptoms of EOS (r = -0.65, p = 0.02 and r = 0.67, p = 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION: IL4 and IL-10 levels have a relationship with negative symptoms of disease. Therefore, this study might suggest that immunological processes might have a role in the disease pathophysiology.
OBJECTIVE: In this study, it was aimed to understand the underlying possible immunopathogenesis of first episode, early onset schizophrenia (EOS) through profiling the T helper 1 (Th1) cell cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-2, Th2 cell cytokines IL-4 and IL-10, Th17 cell cytokine IL-17A, and inflammatory cytokine IL-6. METHODS: The study included a total of 30 children, admitted to child psychiatry outpatient clinic aged between 10 and 17 years of age, who had not received prior therapy and were diagnosed with psychosis according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) as the patient group, and 26 age- and gender-matched children as the control group. Structured psychiatric interviews (K-SADS-PL and PANSS) were conducted with all participants. The BD Cytokine Bead Array Human Th1/Th2/Th17 Cytokine Kit is used for the measurement of serum cytokines, for example, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF-α, and IFN-γ. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between groups in terms of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF-α, and IFN-γ levels (p > 0.05). However, there was a significant correlation between IL-10 and IL-4 with negative symptoms of EOS (r = -0.65, p = 0.02 and r = 0.67, p = 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION:IL4 and IL-10 levels have a relationship with negative symptoms of disease. Therefore, this study might suggest that immunological processes might have a role in the disease pathophysiology.
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Keywords:
IL-17A; cytokine; early-onset schizophrenia; first episode psychosis
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