Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathologies in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder—A Retrospective Chart Review
| Autor: | Mattia Campana, Alkomiet Hasan, Piyumi Fernando, Johanna Strauß, Tatiana Oviedo-Salcedo, Elias Wagner, Peter Falkai, Peter Eichhorn, Susanne Münz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Psychosis Population Inflammation Gastroenterology Young Adult Cerebrospinal fluid Internal medicine medicine Humans education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test Lumbar puncture business.industry medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia Blood-Brain Barrier Cohort Etiology Female medicine.symptom business Regular Articles |
| Zdroj: | Schizophr Bull |
| Popis: | Background The role of inflammatory processes in the etiology of schizophrenia is increasingly being investigated. A link between psychosis and inflammation measured with different biomarkers has been reported in the literature and needs to be further explored. To investigate the presence of inflammatory biomarkers in first-episode psychosis (FEP) we analyzed the largest available FEP cohort to date regarding routine CSF and blood diagnostics. Methods We report a retrospective analysis of clinical data from all inpatients that were admitted to our tertiary care hospital with a ICD-10 diagnosis of F2x (schizophrenia-spectrum) between January 1, 2008 and August 1, 2018 and underwent a lumbar puncture. Results A total of n = 314 FEP patients were included in our sample. 42.7% patients (134/314) showed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) alterations. Oligoclonal bands in the CSF were present in 21.8% of patients (67/307) with 12.4% (27/217) of patients presenting OCBs type 2 or 3. 15.8% (49/310) of our cohort revealed signs of blood-brain-barrier (BBB) dysfunction with increased albumin ratios. Mean serum CRP levels were 2.4 mg/l (SD = 9.5). CRP elevation was present in 116/280 cases (41.4%). Conclusions This large retrospective analysis on FEP cohort greatly enriches the clinical data available on this population and contributes to the discussion around inflammation in psychosis. Of note, even though several inflammatory alterations were found both in CSF and in blood tests, we found no evidence for a significant relationship between peripheral inflammation and inflammatory CSF. Furthermore, no significant relationship between CSF alterations and peripheral inflammation measured with CRP could be established. |
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