Qifen Mao, Peng Zhang, Weicui Qi, Yueping Xia, Tingting Chen, Xiaofang Li, Songquan Xu, Zhiqiang Zhong, Zuifei Shangguan
BACKGROUND: T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (TIM3) is a regulatory molecule expressed on a variety of cell types, including CD3+ T cells. Few studies have been conducted to look into the correlation between TIM3 expression on peripheral T lymphocytes and post-stroke depression (PSD). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between TIM3 expressions on peripheral T lymphocytes in PSD patients. METHODS: Acute stroke patients without depression (NPSD) (n=65), PSD patients (n=23), and body mass index (BMI), age, and education-matched healthy controls (HC) (n=59) were enrolled...
December 16, 2023: Iranian Journal of Immunology: IJI