Increased Stress-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Male Patients With Major Depression and Increased Early Life Stress

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OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine innate immune system activation following psychosocial stress in patients with major depression and increased early life stress. METHOD: Plasma interleukin (IL)-6, lymphocyte subsets, and DNA binding of nuclear factor (NF)-kB in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were compared in medically healthy male subjects with current major depression and increased early life...

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