CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
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1996年
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78卷
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01期
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D O I:
10.1006/clin.1996.0012
中图分类号:
R392 [医学免疫学];
Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号:
100102 ;
摘要:
Twenty-seven inpatients with major depression were examined four times within 6 weeks to assess CD56(+) natural killer (NR) cell counts by flow cytometry and to assess the related lymphokines interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma in a whole blood assay after mitogen stimulation with phytohemagglutinin (PHA). The patients showed significantly higher counts of the fraction of 56(+) NK cells and a greater lymphokine response to PHA than the controls. A significant correlation between lymphokine secretion and CD56(+) cell counts was detected in the patients' acute clinical stage, but not in healthy controls or in patients after clinical improvement. (C) 1996 Academic Press Inc.