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SM Journal of Depression Research and Treatment

Common Pathways between Depression and Infection: The Mediating Role of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines

[ ISSN : 2573-3389 ]

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Received: 27-Apr-2015

Accepted: 22-Oct-2015

Published: 27-Oct-2015

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Ilias I Vlachos¹*

¹Department of Psychiatry, Athens University, Greece

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Ilias IVlachos, Department of Psychiatry, Athens University, Greece, Tel: 0030- 2130-226571; Email: vlachos.ilias@ gmail.com

Abstract

A promising area of research on depression is its interactions with the immune system, taking place within the field of psychoneuroimmunology. Indications of brain-immune system interactions exist at different levels of organizations: in animal studies, stressful events can disorganize the immune response and increase susceptibility or even mortality to experimentally induced tumours.

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Vlachos II. Common Pathways between Depression and Infection: The Mediating Role of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines. SM J Depress Res Treat. 2015; 1(2): 1008. https://dx.doi.org/10.36876/smjdrt.1008