The first major finding of this study is that IL-23, IL-6, IL-17, and TNF-α were considerably greater in MNP than in SNP, while IL-1β, IL-22, G-CSF, IL-21, IL-17, IL-10, and TNF-α were significantly higher in schizophrenia than in controls. The gene discussed is IL1B; the disease is schizophrenia.