| Alterations of primary fatty acid amides in serum of patients with severe mental illness. | |
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PMID: 21196311 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Cannabis consumption is a well known risk factor for the onset of schizophrenia and evidence accumulates that the endocannabinoid system may play a central role in the disease etiology. Using a clinical bioinformatics approach, we have previously found primary fatty acid amides, which are linked to the endocannabinoid system, to be elevated in drug naive schizophrenia and affective disorder. Here, we provide a detailed description of these findings and expand the investigation by analyzing serum from 74 patients after short term treatment with antipsychotic medication using a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics approach. We show that primary fatty acid amide (pFAA) levels normalize after treatment with typical but not after treatment with atypical antipsychotic medication. Also, the comparison of pFAA levels in schizophrenia patients to those of sleep deprived healthy volunteers suggests that pFAA abnormalities were not related to changes in the sleep architecture of patients with mental illness. Our findings support the involvement of the endocannabinoid system in the pathology of schizophrenia. |
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Authors:
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Emanuel Schwarz; Phil Whitfield; Sven Nahnsen; Lan Wang; Hilary Major; F Markus Leweke; Dagmar Koethe; Pietro Lio; Sabine Bahn |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-01-01 |
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Title: Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) Volume: 3 ISSN: 1945-0508 ISO Abbreviation: Front Biosci (Elite Ed) Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-01-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101485240 Medline TA: Front Biosci (Elite Ed) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 308-14 Citation Subset: IM |
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Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. |
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