精神分裂症的系统性炎症生物标志物因ECT的使用而改变,并且与治疗疗效有关
Yu Wang1, Guangfa Wang2, Muxin Gong2
1Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
BMC psychiatry
|January 17, 2024
概括
电疗法 (ECT) 可以通过减少全身炎症来改善精神分裂症,这是较低的中性粒细胞与淋巴细胞比率 (NLR) 所表明的. 较高的淋巴细胞计数预测,接受ECT的精神分裂症患者的症状改善更好.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 系统性炎症与精神分裂症的发病有关.
- 电疗法 (ECT) 对精神分裂症免疫标记物的影响尚不清楚.
- 中性细胞与淋巴细胞的比率 (NLR),血小板与单细胞的比率 (PLR) 和单细胞与淋巴细胞的比率 (MLR) 是可访问的炎症生物标志物.
研究的目的:
- 研究系统性炎症及其生物标志物在接受ECT的精神分裂症患者中的作用.
- 评估炎症标志物的变化及其与ECT后临床和认知结果的相关性.
主要方法:
- 招募了70名精神分裂症患者和70名健康对照.
- 在6次ECT治疗前后测量了周围炎症生物标志物 (NLR,PLR,MLR,淋巴细胞,中性粒细胞).
- 通过积极和消极综合征量表 (PANSS) 评估精神症状,通过迷你精神状态检查 (MMSE) 评估认知功能.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,精神分裂症患者表现出更高的基线NLR,PLR和MLR.
- ECT提高了PANSS的分数,但降低了MMSE的分数.
- 中性粒细胞和NLR在ECT后显著下降.
- 响应ECT的人的淋巴细胞数量比不响应的人高.
- 更高的淋巴细胞水平预测了积极症状的更大改善.
结论:
- 精神分裂症与系统性炎症的增加有关.
- 通过调节全身炎症,ECT可能会产生治疗效果.
- 淋巴细胞水平可能是精神分裂症中ECT反应的预测生物标志物.
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