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Neonatal levels of inflammatory markers and later risk of schizophrenia


Nielsen, Philip Rising; Agerbo, Esben; Skogstrand, Kristin; Hougaard, David Michael; Meyer, Urs; Mortensen, Preben Bo (2015). Neonatal levels of inflammatory markers and later risk of schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 77(6):548-555.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a long-standing interest in investigating the impact of early-life immune abnormalities on later onset of psychosis. The aim of this study was to assess inflammatory marker levels in neonatal dried blood spots and their association with later risk of schizophrenia.
METHODS: This nested case-control study included 995 cases and 980 control subjects. Cases were identified using the Danish Psychiatric Central Register. Control subjects of same age and sex were identified using the Danish Civil Registration System. Samples for the identified individuals were retrieved from the Danish Neonatal Screening Biobank. Concentrations of 17 inflammatory markers were measured in eluates from dried blood spots using a bead-based multiplex assay. Incidence rate ratios were calculated using conditional logistic regression. Principal component analysis was used to capture the overall variation in the inflammatory markers' concentrations.
RESULTS: No significant differences were found for any of the analyzed interleukins. We did not find any association with schizophrenia for any of the other examined inflammatory markers.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that persons who develop schizophrenia do not have higher or lower levels of the examined inflammatory markers at the time of birth. Our findings differ from the studies of maternal inflammatory changes during the antenatal period for which associations with schizophrenia have previously been demonstrated.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a long-standing interest in investigating the impact of early-life immune abnormalities on later onset of psychosis. The aim of this study was to assess inflammatory marker levels in neonatal dried blood spots and their association with later risk of schizophrenia.
METHODS: This nested case-control study included 995 cases and 980 control subjects. Cases were identified using the Danish Psychiatric Central Register. Control subjects of same age and sex were identified using the Danish Civil Registration System. Samples for the identified individuals were retrieved from the Danish Neonatal Screening Biobank. Concentrations of 17 inflammatory markers were measured in eluates from dried blood spots using a bead-based multiplex assay. Incidence rate ratios were calculated using conditional logistic regression. Principal component analysis was used to capture the overall variation in the inflammatory markers' concentrations.
RESULTS: No significant differences were found for any of the analyzed interleukins. We did not find any association with schizophrenia for any of the other examined inflammatory markers.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that persons who develop schizophrenia do not have higher or lower levels of the examined inflammatory markers at the time of birth. Our findings differ from the studies of maternal inflammatory changes during the antenatal period for which associations with schizophrenia have previously been demonstrated.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:05 Vetsuisse Faculty > Institute of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Biological Psychiatry
Language:English
Date:2015
Deposited On:03 Feb 2016 11:26
Last Modified:26 Jan 2022 08:29
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0006-3223
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.07.013
PubMed ID:25152432