TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduced mip-1β as a trait marker and reduced il-7 and il-12 as state markers of anorexia nervosa
AU - Keeler, Johanna Louise
AU - Patsalos, Olivia
AU - Chung, Raymond
AU - Schmidt, Ulrike
AU - Breen, Gerome
AU - Treasure, Janet
AU - Himmerich, Hubertus
AU - Dalton, Bethan
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: Johanna Keeler received a PhD stipend from the Medical Research Council (reference number: MR/N013700/1). Bethan Dalton was supported by a studentship awarded by the Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London (KCL) and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), KCL. Gerome Breen, Hubertus Himmerich, Olivia Patsalos and Janet Treasure received salary support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and KCL. Ulrike Schmidt is supported by an NIHR Senior Investigator Award. We thank NIHR BioResource volunteers for their participation, and gratefully acknowledge NIHR BioResource centres, NHS Trusts and staff for their contribution. We thank the National Institute for Health Research, NHS Blood and Transplant, and Health Data Research UK as part of the Digital Innovation Hub Programme. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
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PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Alterations in certain inflammatory markers have been found in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, their relation to clinical characteristics has not been extensively explored, nor is it clear whether they are trait or state features of the disorder. This cross-sectional study measured serum concentrations of 36 inflammatory markers in people with acute AN (n = 56), recovered AN (rec-AN; n = 24) and healthy controls (HC; n = 51). The relationship between body mass index (BMI), eating disorder psychopathology, depression symptoms and inflammatory markers was assessed. Statistical models controlled for variables known to influence cytokine concentrations (i.e., age, ethnicity, smoking status and medication usage). Overall, most inflammatory markers including pro-inflammatory cytokines were unchanged in AN and rec-AN. However, in AN and rec-AN, concentrations of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1β were lower than HCs. Interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-12/IL-23p40 were reduced in AN, and concentrations of macrophage-derived chemokine, MIP-1α and tumor necrosis factor-α were reduced in rec-AN compared to HC. In conclusion, a reduc-tion in MIP-1β may be a trait marker of the illness, whereas reductions in IL-7 and IL-12/IL-23p40 may be state markers. The absence of increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in AN is contradictory to the wider literature, although the inclusion of covariates may explain our differing findings.
AB - Alterations in certain inflammatory markers have been found in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, their relation to clinical characteristics has not been extensively explored, nor is it clear whether they are trait or state features of the disorder. This cross-sectional study measured serum concentrations of 36 inflammatory markers in people with acute AN (n = 56), recovered AN (rec-AN; n = 24) and healthy controls (HC; n = 51). The relationship between body mass index (BMI), eating disorder psychopathology, depression symptoms and inflammatory markers was assessed. Statistical models controlled for variables known to influence cytokine concentrations (i.e., age, ethnicity, smoking status and medication usage). Overall, most inflammatory markers including pro-inflammatory cytokines were unchanged in AN and rec-AN. However, in AN and rec-AN, concentrations of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1β were lower than HCs. Interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-12/IL-23p40 were reduced in AN, and concentrations of macrophage-derived chemokine, MIP-1α and tumor necrosis factor-α were reduced in rec-AN compared to HC. In conclusion, a reduc-tion in MIP-1β may be a trait marker of the illness, whereas reductions in IL-7 and IL-12/IL-23p40 may be state markers. The absence of increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in AN is contradictory to the wider literature, although the inclusion of covariates may explain our differing findings.
KW - Anorexia nervosa
KW - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
KW - Chemokines
KW - Crossectional
KW - Cytokines
KW - Inflammatory markers
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U2 - 10.3390/jpm11080814
DO - 10.3390/jpm11080814
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113720522
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Personalized Medicine
JF - Journal of Personalized Medicine
IS - 8
M1 - 814
ER -