Molecular Mechanisms and Timing of Cortical Immune Activation in Schizophrenia.

CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that higher prefrontal cortex IFITM mRNA levels in schizophrenia may be attributable to adult, but not prenatal, activation of multiple immune markers and encourage further investigation into the potential role of these and other immune markers as therapeutic targets in schizophrenia. PMID: 26133963 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - July 2, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Volk DW, Chitrapu A, Edelson JR, Roman KM, Moroco AE, Lewis DA Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research

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