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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2025

A simple platelet biomarker is associated with symptom severity in major depressive disorder.

Aksu Gunay, Steven D Targum, Alex D Leow, Olusola Ajilore, Mark M Rasenick

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Rafting toward a depression biomarker.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
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5 authors.

Aksu GunayDeparment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2728-1135
Steven D TargumDeparment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1054-5197
Alex D LeowDeparment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Olusola AjiloreDeparment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0737-0437
Mark M RasenickDeparment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. raz@uic.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2405-4364

Funding

Unobtrusive Monitoring of Affective Symptoms and Cognition using Keyboard DynamicsR01MH120168 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI AJILORE, OLUSOLA A., LEOW, ALEX · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Using a novel model of antidepressant efficacy to discover new compounds and personalized treatments.R41MH113398 · NIMH · PAX NEUROSCIENCE, INC. · PI RASENICK, MARK M. · 2017 to 2018
$871k
A peripheral diagnostic biomarker for Major Depressive DisorderR43MH097370 · NIMH · PAX NEUROSCIENCE, INC. · PI SCHECHTER, LEE E · 2013 to 2014
$694k
BLRD VA I01 BX001149BLRD VA IK6 BX004475Department of Veterans Affairs | Office of Academic Affiliations, Department of Veterans Affairs (OAA, VA) BX001149Department of Veterans Affairs | Office of Academic Affiliations, Department of Veterans Affairs (OAA, VA) BX004475NIMH NIH HHS R43 MH097370U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH120168U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R0!MH120168U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R41MH113398
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the heterotrimeric G protein, Gsalpha (Gsα), is ensconced predominantly in lipid rafts in acutely depressed subjects with major depressive disorder (MDD) in contrast to healthy controls, and that effective antidepressant treatment (ADT) facilitates translocation of Gsα from lipid rafts. The measurement of Gsα via prostaglandin E1 stimulation of adenylyl cyclase (PGE1 stimulation) has been proposed as a peripheral biomarker for assessing clinical status in MDD. We examined the Gsα biomarker in a new study. PGE1 stimulation was used to assess the coupling of Gsα with platelet adenylyl cyclase in depressed subjects in active treatment and healthy controls. The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C

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Blood PlateletsMajor Depressive DisorderAdenylyl CyclasesAdultAlprostadilAntidepressive AgentsBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexAdenylyl CyclasesAlprostadilAntidepressive AgentsBiomarkers

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