Natural killer cell activity (NKCA) was significantly reduced in a group of depressed patients, melancholic subtype, compared to sex- and age-matched controls. Corticotropin and cortisol values were significantly higher in the depressed subjects than in the controls, but no correlation between high hormone levels and low immunological activity was found in the patients.

Reduced natural killer cell activity in major depression: neuroendocrine implications / Nerozzi, D.; Santoni, Angela; Bersani, Giuseppe; Magnani, A.; Bressan, Anna Maria; Pasini, A.; Antoniozzi, I.; Frajese, G.. - In: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. - ISSN 0306-4530. - STAMPA. - 14:(1989), pp. 295-301. [10.1016/0306-4530(89)90031-0]

Reduced natural killer cell activity in major depression: neuroendocrine implications

SANTONI, Angela;BERSANI, Giuseppe;BRESSAN, Anna Maria;
1989

Abstract

Natural killer cell activity (NKCA) was significantly reduced in a group of depressed patients, melancholic subtype, compared to sex- and age-matched controls. Corticotropin and cortisol values were significantly higher in the depressed subjects than in the controls, but no correlation between high hormone levels and low immunological activity was found in the patients.
1989
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Reduced natural killer cell activity in major depression: neuroendocrine implications / Nerozzi, D.; Santoni, Angela; Bersani, Giuseppe; Magnani, A.; Bressan, Anna Maria; Pasini, A.; Antoniozzi, I.; Frajese, G.. - In: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. - ISSN 0306-4530. - STAMPA. - 14:(1989), pp. 295-301. [10.1016/0306-4530(89)90031-0]
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