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Serum zonulin and claudin-5 levels in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder

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dc.creator Işık, Ümit
dc.creator Doguc, Duygu
dc.creator Kılıç, Faruk
dc.creator Aktepe, Evrim
dc.creator Büyükbayram, Halil İbrahim
dc.creator Avsar, Pinar Aydogan
dc.date 2020-06-30T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T11:23:45Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T11:23:45Z
dc.identifier cbc2837d-6697-4802-b8b1-1985a9cd9188
dc.identifier 10.1080/08039488.2020.1715474
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/cbc2837d-6697-4802-b8b1-1985a9cd9188/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/72187
dc.description Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronically debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder, is characterized by distinctive and recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions. An increasing number of evidence indicates that sophisticated interactions between different neurobiological factors play a part in OCD etiology, but the certain underlying mechanisms are still mainly unknown. The present research aimed to explore whether the concentrations of serum zonulin and claudin-5 vary between OCD patients and healthy controls. The present research also intended to explore whether there is an association between zonulin and claudin-5 concentrations and OCD severity. Methods: Twenty-four (13 boys and 11 girls) OCD patients and 24 (13 boys and 11 girls) healthy controls were included in this study. The clinical severity of the OCD symptoms was evaluated by the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory. Participants also filled out the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales-Child Version to determine the anxiety and depression levels of the children. Venous blood samples were collected, and serum zonulin and claudin-5 levels were measured. Results: Serum claudin-5 levels were found to be significantly higher in OCD patient whereas serum zonulin levels were not significantly different between the groups. Conclusions: Taken together with our results, our study suggests that dysregulation of the blood-brain barrier, especially claudin-5, may be involved in the etiology of OCD.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Serum zonulin and claudin-5 levels in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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