Abstract
It is clear that cytokines exert a variety of modulatory actions on the central nervous system. As part of our work exploring the relationship between immune activation and psychosis, we measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IL-1α and IL-2 levels in 60 medicated schizophrenic patients and in 21 normal volunteers using a competitive enzyme immunoassay. The two groups did not differ significantly in their mean cytokine levels: 1.01 (0.149) ng/ml (patients) vs. 1.28 (0.150)ng/ml (controls) for IL-1α and 0.970 (0.038)ng/ml (patients) vs. 1.25 (0.086)ng/ml (controls) for IL-2. There was a significant positive correlation between CSF IL-1α and IL-2 levels for all subjects (r=0.50, n = 44, p = 0.0001).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 123-129 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Schizophrenia research |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 24 1997 |
Keywords
- Biological psychiatry
- CSF
- IL-1
- IL-2
- Immunology
- Schizophrenia