Discovery of a new biological mechanism for depression

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Published the 22 February 2016 Updated 14 October 2016

Teams from Paris Descartes University, co-led by Professor Raphaël Gaillard (Sainte Anne Hospital, Institut Pasteur) and Professor Olivier Hermine (Necker Hospital, National Reference Center for Mastocytosis, Institut Imagine) have identified an inflammatory mechanism of depression through the study of a rare disease: mastocytosis.