Immune system and obsessive-compulsive disorder

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 93; pp. 39 - 44
• Main Authors: Marazziti, Donatella, Mucci, Federico, Fontenelle, Leonardo F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Adult OCD; Autoimmune Diseases; CANS; Childood OCD; Cytokines; Female; Humans; Immune system; Immune System - physiology; Male; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - immunology; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - physiopathology; PANDAS; PANS; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus infections; Childood OCD; PANS; Cytokines; PANDAS; Adult OCD; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; CANS; Immune system; Streptococcus infections

•Alterations of immune system were described in several neuropsychiatric disorders.•Immune-related diseases are more common in OCD than in other psychiatric disorder.•Immune system could prove to be a potential target for anti-obsessional drugs. Recently, much attention has been devoted to the possi...