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).