Increased S100B+ NK cell counts in acutely ill schizophrenia patients are correlated with the free cortisol index, but not with S100B serum levels

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-567

  Steiner, Johann ^a,b   Westphal, Sabine ^a   Schroeter, Matthias L ^c,d   Schiltz, Kolja ^a   Jordan, Wolfgang ^a,e   Müller, Ulf J ^a   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^f   Jacobs, Roland ^f  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PEMBROKE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Magdeburg Hospital GmbH   (Germany)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; NK cells; Psychoimmunology; S100; S100B; Schizophrenia; Stress; T cells

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN S100B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; S100 PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84859436228     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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