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Depression, natural killer cell activity, and cortisol secretion.

A H Miller1, G M Asnis, C Lackner

  • 1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.

Biological Psychiatry
|May 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Natural killer (NK) cell activity in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients showed no overall difference from controls. However, female MDD patients had higher NK cell activity, unrelated to cortisol levels.

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Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Psychiatry
  • Endocrinology

Background:

  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a prevalent mood disorder.
  • Altered immune function, specifically Natural Killer (NK) cell activity, has been implicated in MDD.
  • Cortisol dysregulation is also frequently observed in MDD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate NK cell activity in patients with MDD compared to healthy controls.
  • To examine the relationship between cortisol secretion and NK cell activity in MDD.
  • To determine if hypercortisolemia predicts NK cell activity in MDD.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated NK cell activity in 34 MDD patients and 21 healthy controls.
  • Assessed cortisol secretion using an integrated value from multiple blood samples (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM).

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  • Compared NK activity between groups and correlated it with cortisol levels.

    • Main Results:

    • No significant mean difference in NK cell activity between MDD patients and controls.
    • Female MDD patients exhibited higher NK cell activity than female controls.
    • NK cell activity in MDD patients with hypercortisolemia was not different from those with normal cortisol levels.
    • No correlation was found between cortisol secretion and NK activity in any group.

    Conclusions:

    • Decreased NK cell activity is not a consistent finding in MDD.
    • NK cell activity in MDD is not predicted by hypercortisolemia.
    • Gender-specific differences in NK cell activity may exist in MDD.