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SUBMITTER: Smesny S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3686445 | biostudies-other | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Smesny Stefan S Schmelzer Christian E H CE Hinder Anke A Köhler Alexandra A Schneider Christiane C Rudzok Maria M Schmidt Ulrike U Milleit Berko B Milleit Christine C Nenadic Igor I Sauer Heinrich H Neubert Reinhard H H RH Fluhr Joachim W JW
Schizophrenia bulletin 20120515 4
There is considerable evidence for specific pathology of lipid metabolism in schizophrenia, affecting polyunsaturated fatty acids and in particular sphingolipids. These deficits are assumed to interfere with neuronal membrane functioning and the development and maintenance of myelin sheaths. Recent studies suggest that some of these lipid pathologies might also be detected in peripheral skin tests. In this study, we examined different skin lipids and their relation to schizophrenia. We assessed ...[more]