1. Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory biomarkers in schizophrenia and influence of simvastatin on the interleukin-6
- Author
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Raquel Veronica Jacobus, Iarsan Ardeola Salah, Victor Hugo Schaly Cordova, Lenise Petter Francesconi, Keila Maria Mendes Ceresér, Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu, Larissa F. de Oliveira, André Tavares Victorino, and Eduarda Dias da Rosa
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Adult ,Male ,Simvastatin ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents ,Inflammation ,Gastroenterology ,Anti-inflammatory ,Proinflammatory cytokine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Interleukin 6 ,biology ,Interleukin-6 ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Interleukin-12 ,Interleukin-10 ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Schizophrenia ,Case-Control Studies ,biology.protein ,Female ,Tumor necrosis factor alpha ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Biomarkers ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The present study sought to assess biomarkers of inflammation in stable patients with schizophrenia (SZ) on clozapine therapy. We recruited 60 outpatients with SZ and 60 healthy controls, matched for sex and age. Compared with controls, patients had significantly increased concentrations of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α. Interestingly, patients on simvastatin had lower interleukin-6 levels compared with patients not on simvastatin and controls. This study corroborated previous evidence for increased inflammatory biomarkers in SZ and detected a potential anti-inflammatory action of simvastatin in patients with a clinical diagnosis of SZ on clozapine therapy.
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- 2019