2023
The association between autistic traits and quality of social interactions in the daily life of adolescents and young adults
Fusar-Poli L, Investigators T, van Os J, Rutten B, Guloksuz S. The association between autistic traits and quality of social interactions in the daily life of adolescents and young adults. European Psychiatry 2023, 66: s76-s76. PMCID: PMC10596031, DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh autistic traitsAutism Spectrum QuotientAutistic traitsAutism spectrum disorderSocial interactionLow senseExperience sampling periodEveryday social interactionsNon-autistic subjectsDisclosure of interestDaily lifePsychosocial interventionsSpectrum disorderRepetitive behaviorsSocial communicationSocial functioningNeurodevelopmental conditionsHigh senseYoung adultsYouthParticipantsTraitsGeneral populationSenseHigher preference
2021
Clinical, Biochemical and Genetic Variables Associated With Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Using Second-Generation Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review
Sneller M, de Boer N, Everaars S, Schuurmans M, Guloksuz S, Cahn W, Luykx J. Clinical, Biochemical and Genetic Variables Associated With Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Using Second-Generation Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2021, 12: 625935. PMID: 33868046, PMCID: PMC8044798, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.625935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecond-generation antipsychoticsC-reactive proteinSchizophrenia spectrum disordersMetabolic syndromeCurrent BMIGenetic factorsHigher ageHigher white blood cell countSystematic reviewWhite blood cell countSevere mental illness experienceHigher baseline BMIRisk of MetS.Cardiovascular disease mortalityBlood cell countCross-sectional studyHigher current BMIMore studiesMental illness experienceSpectrum disorderSGA exposureBaseline BMICohort studyClinical factorsTobacco smokingAssociation of the kynurenine pathway metabolites with clinical, cognitive features and IL-1β levels in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder and their siblings
Noyan H, Erdağ E, Tüzün E, Yaylım İ, Küçükhüseyin Ö, Hakan M, Gülöksüz S, Rutten B, Saka M, Atbaşoğlu C, Alptekin K, van Os J, Üçok A. Association of the kynurenine pathway metabolites with clinical, cognitive features and IL-1β levels in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder and their siblings. Schizophrenia Research 2021, 229: 27-37. PMID: 33609988, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersIL-1β levelsKYNA levelsHigher serum IL-1β levelsSerum IL-1β levelsHigher KYNA levelsTrp-Kyn pathwayKynurenic acid levelsSimilar clinical featuresPathophysiology of schizophreniaManifestations of schizophreniaKYN levelsSerum interleukinClinical featuresInflammatory cytokinesIL-1βClinical dataKynurenine pathwayTRP levelsSpectrum disorderControl groupAdvanced stageLow TrpPathway dysregulationPatients
2020
Evidence, and replication thereof, that molecular-genetic and environmental risks for psychosis impact through an affective pathway
van Os J, Pries L, Have M, de Graaf R, van Dorsselaer S, Delespaul P, Bak M, Kenis G, Lin B, Luykx J, Richards A, Akdede B, Binbay T, Altınyazar V, Yalınçetin B, Gümüş-Akay G, Cihan B, Soygür H, Ulaş H, Cankurtaran E, Kaymak S, Mihaljevic M, Petrovic S, Mirjanic T, Bernardo M, Mezquida G, Amoretti S, Bobes J, Saiz P, García-Portilla M, Sanjuan J, Aguilar E, Santos J, Jiménez-López E, Arrojo M, Carracedo A, López G, González-Peñas J, Parellada M, Maric N, Atbaşoğlu C, Ucok A, Alptekin K, Saka M, Arango C, O'Donovan M, Rutten B, Guloksuz S. Evidence, and replication thereof, that molecular-genetic and environmental risks for psychosis impact through an affective pathway. Psychological Medicine 2020, 52: 1910-1922. PMID: 33070791, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersChildhood adversityRisk factorsNEMESIS-2Affective dysregulationNon-genetic risk factorsSignificant depressive symptomsSample of patientsRepresentative general population sampleGenetic risk factorsGeneral population sampleSchizophrenia polygenic riskPsychosis outcomesSpectrum disorderDepressive symptomsPRS-SZPolygenic riskDysregulationPatientsPopulation samplePsychosisAffective pathwayDisordersHallucinatory experiencesDelusional ideationResilience in psychosis spectrum disorder
Pries L, Guloksuz S, Rutten B. Resilience in psychosis spectrum disorder. 2020, 476-484. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190653279.003.0053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychosis spectrum disordersSpectrum disorderPsychological growthResilience factorsResilience researchFuture research directionsProtective factorsSocial factorsResilienceResearch directionsDifferent time pointsProspective studyDisordersAdversityLife spanTime pointsFirst evidenceResearchVulnerabilitySwift recoverySpanIllnessFactors