Shorter telomere length predicts poor antidepressant response and poorer cardiometabolic indices in major depression.

ABSTRACT: Telomere length (TL) is a marker of biological aging, and shorter telomeres have been associated with several medical and psychiatric disorders, including cardiometabolic dysregulation and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). In addition, studies have shown shorter TL to be associated with poorer response to certain psychotropic medications, and our previous work suggested shorter TL and higher telomerase activity (TA) predicts poorer response to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) treatment. Using a new group of unmedicated medically healthy individuals with MDD (n = 48), we sought to replicate our prior findings demonstrating that peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) TL and TA predict response to SSRI treatment and to identify associations between TL and TA with biological stre

SUBMITTER: Rampersaud R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290110 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature