[Ultrastructural changes of lymphocytes in patients with schizophrenia treated with olanzapine]
P D Bonartsev1, V I Rakhmanova1, N A Uranova1
1Mental Health Research Center of RAS, Moscow.
Objective:
to study the effect of olanzapine on the ultrastructure of different populations of lymphocytes and lymphoblasts in patients with schizophrenia.
Material And Methods:
Authors performed a morphometric study using electron microscopy of lymphocytes in 56 patients with schizophrenia treated for 8 weeks with olanzapine and 49 patients treated for 28 weeks with olanzapine before and after treatment. Authors estimated the frequency and ultrastructural parameters of small, large, large activated lymphocytes and lymphoblasts.
Results:
The frequency of small lymphocytes in patients treated with olanzapine increased and that of large lymphocytes decreased in treated patients as compared to the patients before treatment. The volume fraction of lysosomes increased significantly in small, large and large activated lymphocytes after treatment as compared to the patients before treatment.
Conclusion:
The increased lysosome content in different lymphocyte subpopulations might contribute to the mechanism of olanzapine efficacy.
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