title: Concentration and microheterogeneity glycophorms of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein in major depressive disorder.
abstract: Serum alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) concentration and its microheterogeneity were measured in 46 patients with major depressive disorder and in 20 age- and sex-matched controls. The changes in major microheterogeneity of AGP were expressed as reactivity coefficient (AGP-RC). Also measured were the levels of C-reactive protein as well as leukocyte, neutrophil and monocyte counts. The results obtained showed that two thirds of the depressed patients studied, exhibited some immune disturbances during acute episode: first with a high AGP and high AGP-RC, and secondly with a low AGP-RC. The patients with the highest AGP-RC and higher AGP values had a longer duration of the illness and of the last depressive episode, a higher resistance to previous treatments, and a higher monocyte count. The character of the changes in the microheterogeneity of AGP bears some similarity to those observed in other diseases with immunological disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical Academy, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sluzewska
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Rybakowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobieska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiktorowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D009961:Orosomucoid; D002097:C-Reactive Protein