Research progress of correlation between interleukin-17 and schizophrenia

VernacularTitle:白介素17与精神分裂症的相关性研究进展
Author: yu Xin FANG ¹ ; Chen ZHANG
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1. 上海交通大学医学院附属精神卫生中心生化研究室
Keywords: schizophrenia; cytokine; interleukin-17
From: Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science) 2017;37(9):1265-1269
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Schizophrenia is a severe, recurrent mental disorder with a poor prognosis and brings a great burden to patients' family and society. However, its etiology and pathogenesis have not been fully elucidated. Previous studies have implicated abnormalities of the immune system in schizophrenia. Besides, it has also been shown that there does exist a significant association between schizophrenia and interleukins, a kind of cytokine as an important component of the immune system. The present review aims to provide an updated overview of the relevance between interleukin-17 and schizophrenia.