The effectiveness of very slow switching to aripiprazole in schizophrenia patients with dopamine supersensitivity psychosis: a case series from an open study.

Dopamine supersensitivity psychosis (DSP) in patients with schizophrenia is induced by treatment with a high dosage of antipsychotics for a long time period, and it is characterized by unstable psychotic symptoms. The upregulation of dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) provoked by antipsychotics underlies DSP. Aripiprazole does not cause an excessive blockade of DRD2 and is less likely to upregulate DRD2 by aripiprazole's dopamine partial agonistic profile.

Lipoteichoic acid improves the capability of mast cells in the host defense system against bacteria.

Objectives And Design: We investigated the effects of microbial components on the uptake of microbes by mast cells (MCs), and studied the change in cytokine production in MCs after bacterial uptake.

Material Or Subjects: LAD2 human mast cells, cord-blood and peripheral-blood derived MCs were employed to analyze their surface molecule expression and cytokine generation by flow cytometry. Bacterial internalization in these MCs was observed by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry.