Increased serum sialic acids in depression

ABSTRACT

Total serum sialic acid [TSA] and lipid associated sialic acid [LSA] have not been measured yet in depressive disorders. The present study was undertaken to show if there is [lily change in the concentration of different forms of sialic acids in patients with depressive disorder TSA and LSA levels have been estimated in serum of 72 patients with depression, in addition to 50 healthy controls reflect a significant increase[p < 0.05] in the TSA aid BSA in the depressed patients as compared with healthy controls It could be concluded that TSA and BSA could reflect an immune like response to depression associated with increase in the siaylation of different glycoproteins