[Disorders of interleukin 2 biosynthesis by peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with schizophrenia]

Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1989;89(5):95-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in schizophrenic patients with different forms of disease and controls. 70 schizophrenic patients and 20 healthy subjects were studied. Results obtained have shown that the IL-2 production depend on the forms of disease and different forms of progression. The results showed normal IL-2 production in patients with most forms of progression and decreased IL-2 level in the group with least forms of progression of disease.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis*
  • Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Schizophrenia / blood*

Substances

  • Interleukin-2