Review Article

Cytokines in Bipolar Disorder: Paving the Way for Neuroprogression

Table 1

Cytokine peripheral levels in bipolar disorder patients in euthymia compared with controls.

CytokineFindingsConclusion

TNF [44, 57, 61, 62, 73, 77, 85, 86, 101105]
↑ [63, 70]

sTNFR1 [73, 106, 107]
↑ [61, 103, 105, 108]

sTNFR2 [61, 73, 103]
↑ [105]

IFN- [63, 86]NC
↑ [69, 70]

IL-2 [63, 86]
↑ [70]

IL-4 [86, 104]NC
↑ [69, 70, 77]
↓ [63]

IL-6 [45, 57, 77, 86, 101, 102, 104]
↑ [63, 70, 106]

IL-10 [48, 86]NC
↑ [44, 70]
↓ [104]

IL-17 A [86]NC
↑ [70]

IL-1 [60, 62, 104]
↑ [45, 106]

IL-1 ra [63, 107]NC
↑ [45, 109]

IL33↑ [58]

sST2 [58]

CCL2 [45, 59, 85, 104]

CCL3 [59, 73]

CXCL8 [104]NC
↓ [59]

CXCL10↑ [59, 86]

CXCL11 [45, 85]NC
↑ [59]

CXCL24↑ [59]NC
↓ [85]

↓: decreased levels; : not altered levels; ↑: increased levels; NC: not conclusive.