Prolonged restraint stress increases IL-6, reduces IL-10, and causes persistent depressive-like behavior that is reversed by recombinant IL-10.

Altered inflammatory cytokine profiles are often observed in individuals suffering from major depression. Recent clinical work reports on elevated IL-6 and decreased IL-10 in depression. Elevated IL-6 has served as a consistent biomarker of depression and IL-10 is proposed to influence depressive be...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey L Voorhees, Andrew J Tarr, Eric S Wohleb, Jonathan P Godbout, Xiaokui Mo, John F Sheridan, Timothy D Eubank, Clay B Marsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592793?pdf=render