Interleukin-6-(IL-6) plasma levels in depression and schizophrenia: comparison between the acute state and after remission
| Autor: | Andrea Fräulin, Joachim Bauer, Peter Haselbauer, Mathias Berger, Ulrich Frommberger, Dieter Riemann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Internal medicine Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Schizophrenic Psychology Severity of illness medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Psychiatry Interleukin 6 Biological Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depressive Disorder biology Interleukin-6 General Medicine Plasma levels Middle Aged medicine.disease Antidepressive Agents Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Acute Disease Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale biology.protein Female Psychology Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 247:228-233 |
| ISSN: | 1433-8491 0940-1334 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02900219 |
| Popis: | The concentration of cytokines such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been reported to be elevated in depressed and schizophrenic patients and, in healthy persons, upon stress. Interleukin-6 plasma levels were determined in depressed (n = 12) and schizophrenic (n = 32) patients during the acute state of illness and after remission at approximately 8 weeks after admission and were compared with healthy controls (n = 12). Patients were diagnosed according to DSM-III-R by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID). Severity of illness was assessed for depression by the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and for schizophrenia by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Interleukin-6 plasma concentrations were elevated during the acute state either of depression or of schizophrenia if compared to controls. After remission, IL-6 concentrations in depressed and in schizophrenic patients had decreased and did not differ significantly from controls. We hypothesize that the elevated IL-6 levels during the acute state of depression or schizophrenia may reflect an unspecific stress response. |
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