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Immune involvement in schizophrenia and autism: Etiology, pathology and animal models

Paul H. Patterson
- 07 Dec 2009 - 
- Vol. 204, Iss: 2, pp 313-321
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The human and animal results related to immune involvement suggest novel therapeutic avenues based on immune interventions, which could help to explain some of the heterogeneity of schizophrenia.
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This article is published in Behavioural Brain Research.The article was published on 2009-12-07. It has received 692 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Immune dysregulation & Autism.

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Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

TL;DR: The current state of animal models of mental illness, with a focus on schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder, is reviewed and it is argued for areas of focus that might increase the likelihood of creating more useful models, at least for some disorders.
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Prenatal Infection and Schizophrenia: A Review of Epidemiologic and Translational Studies

TL;DR: The promise of this work for facilitating the identification of susceptibility loci in genetic studies of schizophrenia is illustrated by examples of interaction between in utero exposure to infection and genetic variants.
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Interleukin-6, a major cytokine in the central nervous system.

TL;DR: Its expression is affected in several of the main brain diseases, and animal models strongly suggest that IL-6 could have a role in the observed neuropathology and that therefore it is a clear target of strategic therapies.
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Is autism a risk factor for schizophrenia?

One possibility is that maternal infection, a known risk factor for schizophrenia and autism, sets this immune activation in motion.