Natural Killer T cells in patients with major depressive disorder

CD56 (Natural Killer T) cells showed a significant negative correlation with depressive symptom scale scores in acute and unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder. Decreased CD56 cells may reflect the severity of depressive symptoms but not the severity of anxiety symptoms in major depres...

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Published inPsychiatry research Vol. 144; no. 2; pp. 237 - 239
Main Authors Park, E-Jin, Lee, Je-Hoon, Chae, Jeong-Ho, Lee, Kweon-Haeng, Han, Sang-Ick, Jeon, Yang-Whan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.11.2006
Elsevier
Subjects
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - blood
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Antigens, CD - blood
Antigens, CD - immunology
Anxiety
Biological and medical sciences
Depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - blood
Depressive Disorder, Major - immunology
Depressive symptoms
Humans
Hydrocortisone - blood
Immunological change
Killer Cells, Natural - immunology
Killer Cells, Natural - metabolism
Lymphocytes - metabolism
Medical sciences
Mood disorders
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Depressive symptoms
Anxiety
Immunological change
Mood disorder
Natural killer cell
Human
Affect affectivity
Depression
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Summary:CD56 (Natural Killer T) cells showed a significant negative correlation with depressive symptom scale scores in acute and unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder. Decreased CD56 cells may reflect the severity of depressive symptoms but not the severity of anxiety symptoms in major depression.
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ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2006.05.013