Schizophrenia tied to inflammation
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The key to schizophrenia may be found in a gene region thought to play a role in inflammation and autoimmune disorders, U.S. researchers said Tuesday in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
If confirmed, the finding could lead to a test and possibly new treatments for the mental disorder that affects about 1% of the world’s population, researchers said.
The link to inflammation might help explain why many patients with schizophrenia have autoimmune diseases.
