PMID: 7542674Apr 16, 1995Paper

Total serum protein and serum protein fractions in depression: relationships to depressive symptoms and glucocorticoid activity

Journal of Affective Disorders
M MaesR Desnyder

Abstract

Recently, it has been reported that major depression is accompanied by changes in plasma protein concentrations indicative of an acute-phase protein (APP) response. The purpose of the present study was to examine total serum protein (TSP) and the electrophoretically separated major fractions of serum proteins (SP), i.e., albumin (Alb), alpha 1, alpha 2, beta and gamma globulin, in depression. Highly significant differences were found in TSP and the separated SP fractions between major depressed patients and normal controls and between melancholic and minor depressed patients. Major depressed subjects showed significantly lower TSP and Alb concentrations and a higher percentage of the alpha 1 globulin fraction than normal controls and minor depressed subjects. Major depressed subjects had significantly higher and lower percentages, respectively, of alpha 2 and gamma globulin fractions than normal controls. In depressed subjects, there were significant negative correlations between TSP or Alb concentrations and severity of illness. Psychomotor retardation and anorexia were psychopathological correlates of lower TSP and Alb concentrations while middle insomnia and psychomotor retardation were related to changes in the alpha 2 glob...Continue Reading

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