Cardiovascular protein profiling in patients with first-episode psychosis.

ABSTRACT: Patients with schizophrenia have a threefold higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than people in the general population. Atherosclerosis is linked to immune activation, a process tentatively entwined with the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia. The aim of the present study was to investigate an extensive array of cardiovascular biomarkers in individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis (FEP), either drug-naïve or exposed to short-term antipsychotic treatment, alongside a group of healthy controls (HC). Using the OLINK Proximity Extension Assay, Cardiovascular II Panel, we analyzed plasma from 72 FEP patients, including 42 later diagnosed with schizophrenia and 54 HCs. Biomarker levels, that significantly differed between patients and controls, we

SUBMITTER: Malmqvist A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12167380 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature