Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology (Aug 2011)

Higher than normal plasma Iinterleukin-6 concentrations in brazilian patients with mood disorders

  • Helen Cristina Miranda,
  • Sandra Odebrecht Vargas Nunes,
  • Edna Maria Vissoci Reiche,
  • Julie Massayo Maeda Oda,
  • Maria Angelica Ehara Watanabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-89132011000400010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 4
pp. 717 – 722

Abstract

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The aim of this work was to study the plasma concentration of IL-6 by ELISA in the patients with mood disorders and normal healthy donors. The plasma concentration of IL-6 was higher in the patients than in the control healthy group. Results suggested that IL-6 could serve as an immunological marker in mood disorder pathogenesis as well.

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