Circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA, but not leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number, is elevated in major depressive disorder

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1557-1564

  Lindqvist, Daniel ^a,b,c   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^b   Picard, Martin ^d   Ohlsson, Lars ^e   Bersani, Francesco S ^b,f   Fernström, Johan ^a,c   Westrin, Åsa ^a,c   Hough, Christina M ^b,g   Lin, Jue ^b   Reus, Victor I ^b   Epel, Elissa S ^b   Mellon, Synthia H ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lund's Universitet   (Sweden)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING CELL FREE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEUKOCYTE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SERTRALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL FREE NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CELL ENERGY; CELL STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TELOMERE LENGTH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042127504     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-017-0001-9     Document Type: Article

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