Impaired lymphocyte function in depressive illness.
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Mood states and immunity may be related. To investigate the immune status of patients with primary depressive illness, we compared in-vitro lymphocytic responses to three different mitogens in 26 drug-free depressed patients and 20 normal controls of comparable age and sex. We observed a generalized and marked decrease in the lymphocyte mitogenic activity among the depressive group. This defect in lymphocyte function may be indicative of an impairment in cell-mediated immunity in patients with primary depressive illness.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Life sciences
دوره 33 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983