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Retrospective follow-up analysis of the transcriptomic patterns of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines at preconception and during pregnancy, in women with post-partum depression

  • Authors:
    • Maria Cristina Petralia
    • Emanuela Mazzon
    • Paolo Fagone
    • Luca Falzone
    • Placido Bramanti
    • Ferdinando Nicoletti
    • Maria Sofia Basile
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  • Published online on: July 12, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7774
  • Pages: 2055-2062
  • Copyright: © Petralia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Post‑partum depression (PPD) occurs in approximately 20% of women usually early following child delivery. PPD represents an important unmet medical need as it is frequently underdiagnosed and, as the neurobiology of the disease is limitedly known, no pathogenic‑tailored approach is available and only symptomatic medications are used. In the present study, we carried out a DNA microarray analysis to evaluate the fluctuation of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines during the preconception period, the 1st and 3th trimester of pregnancy and the early post‑partum period. The data demonstrated that, as compared to always‑depressed patients and euthymic controls, women who developed PPD exhibited significant fluctuations in the levels of different cytokines and cytokine receptors, primarily related to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin (IL)18. These data emphasize the role of the immune system in PPD. However, additional studies aimed at evaluating if and how these functional modifications of the immune system during pregnancy are related to the development of PPD warranted to confirm our findings.
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Petralia MC, Mazzon E, Fagone P, Falzone L, Bramanti P, Nicoletti F and Basile MS: Retrospective follow-up analysis of the transcriptomic patterns of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines at preconception and during pregnancy, in women with post-partum depression. Exp Ther Med 18: 2055-2062, 2019.
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Petralia, M.C., Mazzon, E., Fagone, P., Falzone, L., Bramanti, P., Nicoletti, F., & Basile, M.S. (2019). Retrospective follow-up analysis of the transcriptomic patterns of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines at preconception and during pregnancy, in women with post-partum depression. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 18, 2055-2062. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7774
MLA
Petralia, M. C., Mazzon, E., Fagone, P., Falzone, L., Bramanti, P., Nicoletti, F., Basile, M. S."Retrospective follow-up analysis of the transcriptomic patterns of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines at preconception and during pregnancy, in women with post-partum depression". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18.3 (2019): 2055-2062.
Chicago
Petralia, M. C., Mazzon, E., Fagone, P., Falzone, L., Bramanti, P., Nicoletti, F., Basile, M. S."Retrospective follow-up analysis of the transcriptomic patterns of cytokines, cytokine receptors and chemokines at preconception and during pregnancy, in women with post-partum depression". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18, no. 3 (2019): 2055-2062. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7774