title: Altered immune function in unaffected first-degree biological relatives of schizophrenia patients.
abstract: Inflammatory and immune processes have been implicated in the etiopathology of schizophrenia. We demonstrate the existence of immune function alteration, assessed by serum cytokine's levels, not only in schizophrenia patients but also in their unaffected first-degree relatives. This finding may provide a new data for considering cytokines as schizophrenic disease biomarkers.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. isabelmgras@gmail.com
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Martínez-Gras
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: García-Sánchez
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Guaza
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Rodríguez-Jiménez
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Andrés-Esteban
authors: Tomás
authors: T
authors: Palomo
authors: Gabriel
authors: G
authors: Rubio
authors: Jose
authors: J
authors: Borrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D016207:Cytokines