Article
Circulating natural killer cell phenotypes in men and women with major depression. Relation to cytotoxic activity and severity of depression.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 May 1992
Evans D L, Folds J D, Petitto J M, Golden R N, Pedersen C A, Corrigan M, Gilmore J H, Silva S G, Quade D, Ozer H
Abstract excerpt
The effects of major depression on peripheral blood natural killer cell phenotypes and natural killer cell activity were studied by comparing depressed and normal control subjects. Depressed subjects exhibited (1) significant reductions in Leu-11 (CD16) natural killer effector cells and natural k...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Fc
- Receptors, IgG
- Severity of Illness Index
