Correlations between major depressive disorder, splenic morphology, and immune function.
BMC Psychiatry May 12, 2025 Zouqing Lin, Xiaoyan Xu, Kai Zhang et al. 3 citations
To analyze the symptoms, courses, and severities of depressive disorder, as well as the morphological changes in the spleens and related immune mechanisms, we recruited patients with first-episode or recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) (patient group) and healthy controls (normal group) matched in age and gender. We measured their plasma MICB (pg/ml), ULBP1 (ng/ml), and splenic volume...