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. 2021 Jan 7;12:100199. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100199

Table 3.

Findings of D3R expression in LYM of patients with SCZ.

Reference Study n Sample Methodology Clinical features Findings
Kwak et al., 2001 Healthy controls 31 PBLs RT-PCR Age of symptoms onset, Duration of illness, BPRS, ESRS, Dose of antipsychotic, Duration of no medication Increased D3R mRNA (drug-free vs medicated and controls)
Drug-medicated SCZ patients (»3 years) 44 No differences in D3R mRNA (drug-free vs drug-naïve)
Drug-free SCZ patients (»3 months) 28
Drug-naïve SCZ patients 15 After taking antipsychotics, D3R peaked at 2nd week, which later at 8th decreased
van der Weide et al., 2003 Healthy controls 8 PBLs RT-PCR ND No differences in D3R mRNA
SCZ patients 8
Ilani et al., 2004 Healthy controls 11 PBLs RT-PCR ND Increased D3R mRNA in SCZ
SCZ patients 14
Vogel et al., 2004 Healthy controls 12 PBLs RT-PCR PANSS, BPRS, MADRS, YMRS Reduced D3R mRNA (drug-naïve vs controls)
Drug-naïve SCZ patients 6
Drug-free SCZ patients (» 4 weeks) 9
Drug-medicated SCZ patients 9
Rodrigues et al., 2005 Healthy controls 45 PBLs Flow-cytometry BPRS No differences in D3R protein levels
SCZ patients 45 Significant inverse correlation (BPRS hebephrenic dimension score vs D3R)
Bonegerg et al., 2006 Healthy controls 10 Leukocyte population
PBMCs
qRT-PCR ND Increased D3R mRNA in T cells
SCZ patients 10
Kawano et al., 2011 Healthy controls 12 PBLs qRT-PCR PANSS, BACS-J,
Treatment dose,
Duration of illness
No differences in D3R mRNA
SCZ patients 11 D3R mRNA inversely correlated with the total PANSS score
Urhan-Kucuk et al., 2011 Healthy controls 51 PBLs RT-PCR ND No differences in D3R mRNA
SCZ patients 55 Significant differences in D3R mRNA (controls vs disorganized SCZ, disorganized SCZ vs paranoid SCZ)
Ahmadian et al., 2014 Healthy controls 20 PBLs RT-PCR ND D3R expressed in all groups, increased mRNA in drug-free patients vs controls and significant differences between drug-naïve patients vs controls
Drug-naïve SCZ patients 5
Drug-free SCZ patients (» 3 months) 15
Drug-medicated SCZ patients (» 3 years) 22
Cui et al., 2015 Healthy controls 30 T LYM qRT-PCR Duration of treatment, Medication, Age of onset, PANSS Significant differences in D3R mRNA (controls vs psychotic and SCZ/schizophreniform patients)
Psychotic not otherwise specified patients 18
SCZ/schizophreniform patients 14
Fernandez-Egea et al., 2016 Healthy controls 18 LYM qRT-PCR BMI, Smoking, BACS, CGIS Increased D3R mRNA in clozapine-treated SCZ patients
Chronic SCZ patients 18

Abbreviations: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia, Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS), Body mass index (BMI), Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGIS). No Data (ND).