Serum inflammatory cytokines in the progression of depression.
Frontiers in Immunology 2026 Qing Feng, Zhen Yuan, Qi An et al. 1 citation
Depression is increasingly recognized as a multifactorial disorder in which immune dysregulation contributes substantially to disease initiation, progression, and treatment response. Among the immune mediators implicated, serum inflammatory cytokines-including IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ, and C-reactive protein-have emerged as key links between peripheral inflammation and central nervous system...