Juncal-Ruiz, MariaRiesco-Davila, LauraVazquez-Bourgon, JavierOrtiz-Garcia de la Foz, VictorMayoral-Van Son, JacquelineAyesa-Arriola, RosaSetien-Suero, EstherLeza, Juan CarlosLopez-Hoyos, MarcosCrespo-Facorro, Benedicto2024-10-232024-10-232020-08-25http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16165https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/25286Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a pivotal component of the innate immune system that seem to have a role in the pathogenesis of psychosis. The purpose of this work was to compare the expression and functionality of 9 TLRs in three peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (monocytes, B cells, and T cells) between 33 drug-naïve first-episode psychosis (FEP) individuals and 26 healthy volunteers, at baseline and after 3-month of antipsychotic treatment. The expression of TLRs 1-9 were assessed by flow cytometry. For the assessment of the TLR functionality, cells collected in sodium heparin tubes were polyclonally stimulated for 18 h, with different agonists for human TLR1-9. The results of our study highlight the role that TLR5 and TLR8 might play in the pathophysiology of psychosis. We found a lower expression of these receptors in FEP individuals, regarding healthy volunteers at baseline and after 3-month of treatment on the three PBMCs subsets. Most TLRs showed a lower functionality (especially reduced intracellular levels of TNF-α) in patients than in healthy volunteers. These results, together with previous evidence, suggest that individuals with psychosis might show a pattern of TLR expression that differs from that of healthy volunteers, which could vary according to the intensity of immune/inflammatory response.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/CytokinesNeuroinflammationPsychosisToll-like receptorsAdultAntipsychotic AgentsB-LymphocytesCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleProspective StudiesPsychotic DisordersT-LymphocytesToll-Like Receptor 5Toll-Like Receptor 8Young AdultAttribution 4.0 International32854231211710.3390/ijms211761061422-0067International journal of molecular sciencesopen access