The associations of peripheral interleukin alterations and hippocampal subfield volume deficits in schizophrenia
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- DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae308
The associations of peripheral interleukin alterations and hippocampal subfield volume deficits in schizophrenia
Abstract
The hippocampus is one of the brain regions most vulnerable to inflammatory insults, and the relationships between peripheral inflammation and hippocampal subfields in patients with schizophrenia remain unclear. In this study, forty-six stably medicated patients with schizophrenia and 48 demographically matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. The serum levels of IL - 1β, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-12p70 were measured, and 3D high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging was performed. The IL levels and hippocampal subfield volumes were both compared between patients and HCs. The associations of altered IL levels with hippocampal subfield volumes were assessed in patients. Patients with schizophrenia demonstrated higher serum levels of IL-6 and IL-10 but lower levels of IL-12p70 than HCs. In patients, the levels of IL-6 were positively correlated with the volumes of the left granule cell layer of the dentate gyrus (GCL) and cornu Ammonis (CA) 4, while the levels of IL-10 were negatively correlated with the volumes of those subfields. IL-6 and IL-10 might have antagonistic roles in atrophy of the left GCL and CA4. This suggests a complexity of peripheral cytokine dysregulation and the potential for its selective effects on hippocampal substructures, which might be related to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Keywords: cytokine; hippocampal subfield; inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; schizophrenia.
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- ZYGX2022YGRH008/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- 2022-GH03-00017-HZ/Major Technology Application Demonstration Project of Chengdu Science and Technology Office
- 2021JDTD0002/Sichuan Science and Technology Program
- 2022NSFSC1435/Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province
- 82071908/National Natural Science Foundation of China
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