Depression and obesity: evidence of shared biological mechanisms

Y Milaneschi, WK Simmons, EFC van Rossum… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Depression and obesity are common conditions with major public health implications that
tend to co-occur within individuals. The relationship between these conditions is …

Depression heterogeneity and its biological underpinnings: toward immunometabolic depression

Y Milaneschi, F Lamers, M Berk, BWJH Penninx - Biological psychiatry, 2020 - Elsevier
Epidemiological evidence indicates the presence of dysregulated homeostatic biological
pathways in depressed patients, such as increased inflammation and disrupted energy …

Metabolic and inflammatory markers: associations with individual depressive symptoms

F Lamers, Y Milaneschi, P De Jonge, EJ Giltay… - Psychological …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLiterature has shown that obesity, metabolic syndrome and inflammation are
associated with depression, however, evidence suggests that these associations are …

Mood, the circadian system, and melanopsin retinal ganglion cells

L Lazzerini Ospri, G Prusky… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of a third type of photoreceptors in the mammalian retina, intrinsically
photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), has had a revolutionary impact on …

Comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and its association with quality of life in patients with major depressive disorder

Y Zhou, Z Cao, M Yang, X Xi, Y Guo, M Fang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The comorbidity of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD) is common and often predicts poorer outcomes than either disorder alone. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Depression profilers and immuno-metabolic dysregulation: Longitudinal results from the NESDA study

F Lamers, Y Milaneschi, CH Vinkers… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is linked to higher cardio-metabolic
comorbidity that may in part be due to the low-grade inflammation and poorer metabolic …

Replication and reproducibility issues in the relationship between C-reactive protein and depression: a systematic review and focused meta-analysis

SR Horn, MM Long, BW Nelson, NB Allen… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the most common inflammatory markers examined in depression is C-reactive
protein (CRP). However, the magnitude of the association between CRP and depression …

Differentiating melancholic and non-melancholic depression via biological markers: A review

MJ Spoelma, A Serafimovska… - The World Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Melancholia is a severe form of depression that is typified by greater genetic and
biological influence, distinct symptomatology, and preferential response to physical …

How handling extreme C-reactive protein (CRP) values and regularization influences CRP and depression criteria associations in network analyses

DP Moriarity, SR Horn, MM Kautz, JMB Haslbeck… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasingly, it has been recognized that analysis at the symptom, rather than diagnostic,
level will drive progress in the field of immunopsychiatry. Network analysis offers a useful …

Integrative modeling of accelerometry-derived sleep, physical activity, and circadian rhythm domains with current or remitted major depression

SJ Kang, A Leroux, W Guo, D Dey, MPF Strippoli… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Accelerometry has been increasingly used as an objective index of sleep,
physical activity, and circadian rhythms in people with mood disorders. However, most prior …