Journal
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages 72-93Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.11.006
Keywords
Schizophrenia; Inflammation; Infection; Biomarkers; Comorbidity; Animal Models
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- Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program - NIH [5K12GM093854]
- NIEHS [P30 ES005022]
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The high societal and individual cost of schizophrenia necessitates finding better, more effective treatment, diagnosis, and prevention strategies. One of the obstacles in this endeavor is the diverse set of etiologies that comprises schizophrenia. A substantial body of evidence has grown over the last few decades to suggest that schizophrenia is a heterogeneous syndrome with overlapping symptoms and etiologies. At the same time, an increasing number of clinical, epidemiological, and experimental studies have shown links between schizophrenia and inflammatory conditions. In this review, we analyze the literature on inflammation and schizophrenia, with a particular focus on comorbidity, biomarkers, and environmental insults. We then identify several mechanisms by which inflammation could influence the development of schizophrenia via the two-hit hypothesis. Lastly, we note the relevance of these findings to clinical applications in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of schizophrenia. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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