BTG3 and schizophrenia: Various immune and inflammatory alterations in the brain and blood have been found in subgroups of people with schizophrenia, including increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (17–19), changes in white blood cell count (WBC) (20), a higher prevalence of positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA) (21, 22), increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (23, 24), and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) (25, 26).