TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, cilt.27, ss.170-175, 2016 (SSCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Objective: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic disorder in which genetics and environmental factors such as infection and the corresponding immune response play a role in the etiopathogenesis. The aim of this study was to compare some immune factors such as nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) activation, myeloperoxidase (MPO), the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4), and regulatory cytokine transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) in schizophrenia patients and an age- and gender-matched control group.