Bipolar Disorders (2)

[P372] Shortening of telomere length may be associated with inflammatory cytokines in patients with bipolar disorder

*Tzu-Yun Wang¹, Shao-Ming Wang^2,3, Yun-Hsuan Chang^4,5,6, Ru-Band Lu¹, Hui Hua Chang^7,8,9,10 (1. Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 2. Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 3. Neuroscience and Brain Disease Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 4. Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 5. Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 6. Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 7. Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 8. School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 9. Department of Pharmacy, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 10. Department of Pharmacy, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan)

Keywords:bipolar disorder, aging , telomere length, inflammatory cytokines