Searching for Genomic Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder in Peripheral Immune Cells

Challenges to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders have long been acknowledged in the field. In recent years, efforts have been made to identify genomic biomarkers for psychiatric disorders. A link between immune function and major depressive disorder (MDD) has been suggested for decades (1), but the identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that underlie immune function as biomarkers for MDD has been more recent. Hundreds of DEGs have been reported for transcriptome-wide association studies (TWASs) of MDD.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research