Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 predict therapy outcome of female patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

Abstract PTSD patients show alterations of the immune system, mainly a ‘low-grade inflammation’. Psychotherapeutic treatments are meant to reduce symptom burden of PTSD patients but 30–50% of PTSD patients do not benefit from psychotherapy. Therefore, in this study, the predictive effect of cytokine...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Renner, Peter Joraschky, Clemens Kirschbaum, Julia Schellong, Katja Petrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-11-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02230-3