Cited by 142Tryptophan and brain disordersTreatment of Major DepressionAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

Oxidative stress markers in affective disorders

Open access
Siwek, Marcin, Sowa-Kućma, Magdalena, Dudek, Dominika, Styczeń, Krzysztof, Szewczyk, Bernadeta, Kotarska, Katarzyna, Misztak, Paulina, Pilc, Agnieszka +2 more·2013·Pharmacological Reports

Abstract

Affective disorders are a medical condition with a complex biological pattern of etiology, involving genetic and epigenetic factors, along with different environmental stressors. Increasing numbers of studies indicate that induction of oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) pathways, which is accompanied by immune-inflammatory response, might play an important role in the pathogenic mechanisms underlying many major psychiatric disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species have been shown to impair the brain function by modulating activity of principal neurotransmitter (e.g., glutamatergic) systems involved in the neurobiology of depression. Both preclinical and clinical studies revealed that depression is associated with altered levels of oxidative stress markers and typically reduced concentrations of several endogenous antioxidant compounds, such as glutathione, vitamin E, zinc and coenzyme Q10, or enzymes, including glutathione peroxidase, and with an impairment of the total antioxidant status. These oxidative stress parameters can be normalized by successful antidepressant therapy. On the other hand, some antioxidants (zinc, N-acetylcysteine, omega-3 free fatty acids) may exhibit antidepressant properties or enhance standard antidepressant therapy. These observations introduce new potential targets for the development of therapeutic interventions based on antioxidant compounds. The present paper reviews selected animal and human studies providing evidence that oxidative stress is implicated in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/s1734-1140(13)71517-2

Cites

105 of 105 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

3 of the 108 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Research works printed but not linked: 3

  1. Müller A, Cadenas E, Graf P, Sies H: A novel biologi- cally active seleno-organic compound -I. Glutathione peroxidase-like activity in vitro and antioxidant capacity of PZ 51 (Ebselen). Biochem Pharmacol, 1984, 33, 3235-3239.
  2. Ozcan ME, Gulec M, Ozerol E, Polat R, Akyol O: Anti- oxidant enzyme activities and oxidative stress in affec- tive disorders. Int Clin Psychopharmacol, 2004, 19, 89-95.
  3. Siwek M, Dudek D, Styczeñ K, Nowak G, Szewczyk B, Sowa-Kuæma M. Markers of oxidation stress in the con- text of bipolar disorder in comparison with unipolar dis- order and control group. Preliminary data. Poster presen- tation. International Review of Bipolar Disorders, Sevilla 2013, 65, 1512-1518.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Siwek, M., Sowa-Kućma, M., Dudek, D., Styczeń, K., Szewczyk, B., Kotarska, K., Misztak, P., Pilc, A., Wolak, M., & Nowak, G.
Affiliations
  • Jagiellonian University (PL)
  • Maj Institute of Pharmacology (PL)
Corresponding author
  • Siwek, Marcin
  • Sowa-Kućma, Magdalena
Venue
Pharmacological Reports
Published
2013-11
Volume
65
Issue
6
Pages
1558-1571
ISSN
1734-1140 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2040817682
Cited by
142
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2
FWCI
0.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pharmacological Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
Keywords
oxidative stress, nitrosative stress, mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, antioxidant biomarkers, glutathione, vitamin E, zinc, coenzyme Q10, glutathione peroxidase, total antioxidant status, reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, glutamatergic system, immune-inflammatory response, antidepressant treatment, N-acetylcysteine, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidant therapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Antidepressive Agents, Humans, Biomarkers, Oxidative Stress, Mood Disorders

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review