Circulating cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells as potential predictors for antidepressant response in melancholic depression. Restoration of T regulatory cell populations after antidepressant therapy

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1679-1688

  Grosse, Laura ^a,b   Carvalho, Livia A ^c   Birkenhager, Tom K ^a   Hoogendijk, Witte J ^a   Kushner, Steven A ^a   Drexhage, Hemmo A ^a   Bergink, Veerle ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cytotoxic T cells; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Major depressive disorder; Natural killer cells; T regulatory cells; Treatment reponse

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMIPRAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VENLAFAXINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE;

EID: 84929104982     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3943-9     Document Type: Article

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