Relationship between Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and schizophrenia in the Lebanese population: potential implication of genetic polymorphism of MMP-9

BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma multiplication and its persistence into the brain cause a local neuroinflammatory reaction, resulting synthesis of neurotransmitters involved in neurological disorders, especially schizophrenia. The Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) protein can play a major role in this neuroi...

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Autores principales: El Mouhawass, Amata, Hammoud, Amale, Zoghbi, Marouan, Hallit, Souheil, Haddad, Chadia, El Haddad, Kinda, El Khoury, Saydeh, Tannous, Jennifer, Obeid, Sahar, Halabi, Mohamad Adnan, Mammari, Nour
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02683-0