Reduced T cell immunity in unmedicated, comorbidity-free obsessive-compulsive disorder: An immunophenotyping study

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 137; pp. 521 - 524
• Main Authors: Subbanna, Manjula, Shivakumar, Venkataram, Jose, Dania, Venkataswamy, Manjunath, Debnath, Monojit, Ravi, Vasanthapuram, Reddy, Y.C. Janardhan, Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Narayanaswamy, Janardhanan C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Autoimmunity; Immunophenotyping; Inflammation; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; T cells; T regulatory cells; Autoimmunity; Immunophenotyping; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Inflammation; T cells; T regulatory cells

Immune system aberrations have been postulated to play a role in the pathophysiology of Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study was aimed to examine the profile of immune cell subsets in peripheral blood of un-medicated OCD patients. Thirteen drug-naïve/free OCD patients and twenty-six age &...