FABP7 and schizophrenia: For example, it has been reported that FABP7 is associated with anxiety in rodents and humans, that Fabp7-knockout mice exhibited anxiety-related traits in a series of behavioral tests, and that plasma FABP7 concentration in humans was significantly correlated with the severity of schizophrenia anxiety symptoms (Shimamoto et al., 2014; Koga et al., 2021).