摘要 |
This invention relates to a method for diagnosing whether or not a subject suffers from depression in a simple manner with high accuracy using the peripheral whole blood sample of the subject. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing depression comprising the steps of: measuring expression levels of 18 genes selected from the group consisting of FASLG; CX3CR1, TBX21, ID2, SLAMF7, PRSS23, YWHAQ, TARDBP, ADRB2, PPP1R8, MMAA, SQLE, PDHA1, HAVCR2, RACGAP1, AHNAK, EDG8, and DUSP5, in peripheral blood isolated from a subject; and determining whether or not the subject suffers from depression based on the expression levels of the 18 genes.
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