Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Szabo, Attila"
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Atherogenic Lipid Ratios Related to Myeloperoxidase and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Psychotic Disorders
Reponen, Elina Johanna; Dieset, Ingrid; Tesli, Martin Steen; Mørch, Ragni Helene; Aas, Monica; Vedal, Trude Seselie Jahr; Haug, Elisabeth; Drange, Ole Kristian; Steen, Nils Eiel; Hope, Sigrun; Szabo, Attila; Gohar, Sherif Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed; Wedervang-Resell, Kirsten; Djurovic, Srdjan; Melle, Ingrid; Aukrust, Pål; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Ueland, Thor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of premature death in patients with psychotic disorders, where dyslipidemia occurs frequently. In the pathogenesis of these serious mental disorders, a low-grade ... -
Cannabis Use Is Associated With Increased Levels of Soluble gp130 in Schizophrenia but Not in Bipolar Disorder
Szabo, Attila; Akkouh, Ibrahim; Ueland, Thor; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Dieset, Ingrid; Bjella, Thomas; Aukrust, Pål; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Stavrum, Anne-Kristin; Melle, Ingrid; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The complex effects of plant cannabinoids on human physiology is not yet fully understood, but include a wide spectrum of effects on immune modulation. The immune system and its inflammatory effector pathways are recently ... -
Decreased IL-1β-induced CCL20 response in human iPSC-astrocytes in schizophrenia: Potential attenuating effects on recruitment of regulatory T cells
Akkouh, Ibrahim; Ueland, Thor; Hansson, Lars; Inderhaug, Elin; Hughes, Timothy; Steen, Nils Eiel; Aukrust, Pål; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Szabo, Attila; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe mental disorder with a high heritability. Although its pathophysiology is mainly unknown, dysregulated immune activation and inflammation have recently emerged as possible candidates in the ... -
Derivation and Molecular Characterization of a Morphological Subpopulation of Human iPSC Astrocytes Reveal a Potential Role in Schizophrenia and Clozapine Response
Akkouh, Ibrahim; Hribkova, Hana; Grabiec, Marta; Budinska, Eva; Szabo, Attila; Kasparek, Tomas; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Sun, Yuh-Man; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the human brain and are important regulators of several critical cellular functions, including synaptic transmission. Although astrocytes are known to play a central role in ... -
Divergent epigenetic responses to perinatal asphyxia in severe mental disorders
Bakke, Laura Anne Wortinger; Stavrum, Anne-Kristin Støbakk; Shadrin, Alexey; Szabo, Attila; Rukke, Sondre Høeg; Nerland, Stener; Smelror, Runar Elle; Jørgensen, Kjetil Nordbø; Barth, Claudia; Andreou, Dimitrios; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole A.; Thoresen, Marianne; Ursini, Gianluca; Agartz, Ingrid; Hellard, Stephanie Francoise Claire Le (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Epigenetic modifications influenced by environmental exposures are molecular sources of phenotypic heterogeneity found in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and may contribute to shared etiopathogenetic mechanisms of these ... -
The endogenous hallucinogen and trace amine N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) displays potent protective effects against hypoxia via sigma-1 receptor activation in human primary iPSC-derived cortical neurons and microglia-like immune cells
Szabo, Attila; Kovács, Attila L.; Riba, Jordi; Djurovic, Srdjan; Rajnavölgyi, Éva; Frecska, Ede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a potent endogenous hallucinogen present in the brain of humans and other mammals. Despite extensive research, its physiological role remains largely unknown. Recently, DMT has been found ... -
A human iPSC-astroglia neurodevelopmental model reveals divergent transcriptomic patterns in schizophrenia
Szabo, Attila; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Vandenberghe, Matthieu; Osete, Jordi Requena; Hughes, Timothy; Heine, Vivi M.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Glover, Joel Clinton; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While neurodevelopmental abnormalities have been associated with schizophrenia (SCZ), the role of astroglia in disease pathophysiology remains poorly understood. In the present study, we used a human induced pluripotent ... -
Immunomodulatory capacity of the serotonin receptor 5-HT2B in a subset of human dendritic cells
Szabo, Attila; Gogolák, Péter; Koncz, Gábor; Földvári, Zsofia; Pazmandi, Kitti; Miltner, Noemi; Póliska, Szilárd; Bácsi, Attila; Djurovic, Srdjan; Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-29)Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter that signals through a wide array of receptors (5-HT1–7) many of which are also involved in immune processes. Dendritic cells (DCs) are crucial players in immune defense by bridging ... -
The impact of placental genomic risk for schizophrenia and birth asphyxia on brain development
Wortinger, Laura Anne; Shadrin, Alexey; Szabo, Attila; Nerland, Stener; Smelror, Runar; Jørgensen, Kjetil Nordbø; Barth, Claudia; Andreou, Dimitrios; Thoresen, Marianne; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan; Ursini, Gianluca; Agartz, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The placenta plays a role in fetal brain development, and pregnancy and birth complications can be signs of placental dysfunction. Birth asphyxia is associated with smaller head size and higher risk of developing schizophrenia ... -
Impulsivity across severe mental disorders: a cross-sectional study of immune markers and psychopharmacotherapy
Hjell, Gabriela; Rokicki, Jaroslav; Szabo, Attila; Holst, Rene; Tesli, Natalia; Bell, Christina; Fischer-Vieler, Thomas; Werner, Maren Caroline Frogner; Lunding, Synve Hoffart; Elkjær Greenwood Ormerod, Monica Bettina; Johansen, Ingrid Torp; Djurovic, Srdjan; Ueland, Thor; Andreassen, Ole; Melle, Ingrid; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Mørch-Johnsen, Lynn Egeland; Steen, Nils Eiel; Haukvik, Unn Kristin Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Impulsivity is a transdiagnostic feature linked to severe clinical expression and a potential target for psychopharmacological strategies. Biological underpinnings are largely unknown, but involvement of ... -
Increased circulating IL-18 levels in severe mental disorders indicate systemic inflammasome activation
Szabo, Attila; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Ueland, Thor; Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; Agartz, Ingrid; Andreou, Dimitrios; Aukrust, Pål; Boye, Birgitte; Bøen, Erlend; Drange, Ole Kristian; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Engh, John; Hope, Sigrun; Høegh, Margrethe Collier; Joa, Inge; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Lekva, Tove; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Melle, Ingrid; Morken, Gunnar; Nærland, Terje; Steen, Vidar Martin; Sørensen, Kjetil; Wedervang-Resell, Kirsten; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe mental illnesses (SMI) that are part of a psychosis continuum, and dysregulated innate immune responses have been suggested to be involved in their ... -
Inflammation and cognition in severe mental illness: patterns of covariation and subgroups
Sæther, Linn Sofie; Ueland, Thor; Haatveit, Beathe; Maglanoc, Luigi; Szabo, Attila; Djurovic, Srdjan; Aukrust, Pål; Roelfs, Daniël; Ormerod, Monica Bettina E. Greenwood; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Steen, Nils Eiel; Melle, Ingrid; Andreassen, Ole; Ueland, Torill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A potential relationship between dysregulation of immune/inflammatory pathways and cognitive impairment has been suggested in severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar (BD) spectrum disorders. ... -
Interleukin-18 signaling system links to agitation in severe mental disorders
Hjell, Gabriela; Szabo, Attila; Mørch-Johnsen, Lynn Egeland; Holst, Rene; Tesli, Natalia; Bell, Christina; Fischer-Vieler, Thomas; Werner, Maren Caroline Frogner; Lunding, Synve Hoffart; Ormerod, Monica Bettina E. Greenwood; Johansen, Ingrid Torp; Dieset, Ingrid; Djurovic, Srdjan; Melle, Ingrid; Ueland, Thor; Andreassen, Ole; Steen, Nils Eiel; Haukvik, Unn Kristin Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective Agitation is a challenging clinical feature in severe mental disorders, but its biological correlates are largely unknown. Inflammasome-related abnormalities have been linked to severe mental disorders and ... -
Lithium increases mitochondrial respiration in iPSC-derived neural precursor cells from lithium responders
Osete, Jordi Requena; Akkouh, Ibrahim; Reis de Assis, Denis; Szabo, Attila; Frei, Evgeniia; Hughes, Timothy; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Lithium (Li), valproate (VPA) and lamotrigine (LTG) are commonly used to treat bipolar disorder (BD). While their clinical efficacy is well established, the mechanisms of action at the molecular level are still incompletely ... -
Longitudinal Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Cortical Spheroids Identifies Axonal Dysregulation in the Prenatal Brain as a Mediator of Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia
Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Ueland, Thor; Szabo, Attila; Hughes, Timothy; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole; Requena Osete, Jordi; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) has a known neurodevelopmental etiology, but limited access to human prenatal brain tissue hampers the investigation of basic disease mechanisms in early brain development. Here, we elucidate ... -
Shared Genetic Loci Between Schizophrenia and White Blood Cell Counts Suggest Genetically Determined Systemic Immune Abnormalities
Steen, Nils Eiel; Rahman, Zillur; Szabo, Attila; Hindley, Guy; Parker, Nadine; Cheng, Weiqiu; Lin, Aihua; O'Connell, Kevin S; Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; Shadrin, Alexey; Bahrami, Shahram; Karthikeyan, Sandeep; Hoseth, Eva Zsuzsanna; Dale, Anders M; Aukrust, Pål; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Ueland, Thor; Frei, Oleksandr; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Immune mechanisms are indicated in schizophrenia (SCZ). Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with SCZ and immune-related phenotypes. Here, we use cutting ... -
Systemic Cell Adhesion Molecules in Severe Mental Illness: Potential Role of Intercellular CAM-1 in Linking Peripheral and Neuroinflammation
Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Lekva, Tove; Szabo, Attila; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Osete, Jordi Requena; Agartz, Ingrid; Engh, John; Andreou, Dimitrios; Boye, Birgitte; Bøen, Erlend; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Hope, Sigrun; Werner, Maren Caroline Frogner; Joa, Inge; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Melle, Ingrid; Drange, Ole Kristian; Morken, Gunnar; Nærland, Terje; Sørensen, Kjetil; Vaaler, Arne; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Aukrust, Pål; Djurovic, Srdjan; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole; Ueland, Thor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) orchestrate leukocyte trafficking and could link peripheral and neuroinflammation in patients with severe mental illness (SMI), by promoting inflammatory and immune-mediated ... -
Transcriptional and functional effects of lithium in bipolar disorder iPSC-derived cortical spheroids
Osete, Jordi Requena; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Levglevskyi, Oleksandr; Vandenberghe, Matthieu; Reis de Assis, Denis; Ueland, Thor; Kondratskaya, Elena; Holen, Børge; Szabo, Attila; Hughes, Timothy; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Steen, Vidar Martin; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Lithium (Li) is recommended for long-term treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). However, its mechanism of action is still poorly understood. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived brain organoids have emerged as a ... -
Transcriptome analysis reveals disparate expression of inflammation-related miRNAs and their gene targets in iPSC-astrocytes from people with schizophrenia
Akkouh, Ibrahim; Hughes, Timothy; Steen, Vidar Martin; Glover, Joel; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan; Szabo, Attila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Despite the high heritability of schizophrenia (SCZ), details of its pathophysiology and etiology are still unknown. Recent findings suggest that aberrant inflammatory regulation and microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved. Here ... -
Using iPSC Models to Understand the Role of Estrogen in Neuron–Glia Interactions in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
de Assis, Denis; Szabo, Attila; Osete, Jordi Requena; Puppo, Francesca; O'Connell, Kevin S.; Akkouh, Ibrahim; Hughes, Timothy; Frei, Evgeniia; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BIP) are severe mental disorders with a considerable disease burden worldwide due to early age of onset, chronicity, and lack of efficient treatments or prevention strategies. ...