PMID- 30322026 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190114 LR - 20190114 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Oct 12 TI - Relationship between Serum BDNF Levels and Depressive Mood in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Preliminary Study. LID - 10.3390/ijms19103131 [doi] LID - 3131 AB - The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the potential of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a biomarker in poststroke depressive mood in subacute stroke patients. Thirty-eight subacute stroke patients were recruited in this study. All participants underwent the standard rehabilitation program that included 2 h of physical therapy daily and 1 h of occupational therapy five days a week. The rehabilitation period lasted two weeks during the subacute stroke phase. We measured the serum BDNF, proBDNF, and matrix metalloproteinase-9 before and one and two weeks after the standard rehabilitation program. In addition, all participants were assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) for depressive mood at three time points. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to determine the relationship between serum BDNF levels and the GDS-SF. The GDS-SF showed significant improvement during the standard rehabilitation program period (p < 0.05). The GDS-SF was significantly correlated with serum BDNF levels at each time point (p < 0.05). These results suggest that serum BDNF may be used as a biomarker for depressive mood in subacute stroke patients. However, further studies with larger study populations are needed to clarify these results. FAU - Chang, Won Hyuk AU - Chang WH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4969-7895 AD - Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Korea. wh.chang@samsung.com. FAU - Shin, Min A AU - Shin MA AD - Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Korea. minari5995.shin@samsung.com. FAU - Lee, Ahee AU - Lee A AD - Department of Health Science and Technology, Department of Medical Device Management & Research, Department of Digital Health, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea. ahee.lee@gmail.com. FAU - Kim, Heegoo AU - Kim H AD - Department of Health Science and Technology, Department of Medical Device Management & Research, Department of Digital Health, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea. hiheegoo@gmail.com. FAU - Kim, Yun-Hee AU - Kim YH AD - Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Korea. yunkim@skku.edu. AD - Department of Health Science and Technology, Department of Medical Device Management & Research, Department of Digital Health, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea. yunkim@skku.edu. LA - eng GR - NRF-2014R1A2A1A01005128/the Korea government (MSIP)/ GR - NRF-2017R1A2A1A05000730/the Korea government (MSIP)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181012 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Depression/blood/etiology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Stroke/blood/metabolism/*psychology MH - Stroke Rehabilitation/*methods MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC6213140 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - depression OT - neurotrophic factor OT - stroke COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2018/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/15 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2018/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/10/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms19103131 [pii] AID - ijms-19-03131 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms19103131 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Oct 12;19(10):3131. doi: 10.3390/ijms19103131.