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Wood EK, Reid BM, Sheerar DS, Donzella B, Gunnar MR, Coe CL. Lingering Effects of Early Institutional Rearing and Cytomegalovirus Infection on the Natural Killer Cell Repertoire of Adopted Adolescents. Biomolecules 2024; 14:456. [PMID: 38672472 PMCID: PMC11047877 DOI: 10.3390/biom14040456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Adversity during infancy can affect neurobehavioral development and perturb the maturation of physiological systems. Dysregulated immune and inflammatory responses contribute to many of the later effects on health. Whether normalization can occur following a transition to more nurturing, benevolent conditions is unclear. To assess the potential for recovery, blood samples were obtained from 45 adolescents adopted by supportive families after impoverished infancies in institutional settings (post-institutionalized, PI). Their immune profiles were compared to 39 age-matched controls raised by their biological parents (non-adopted, NA). Leukocytes were immunophenotyped, and this analysis focuses on natural killer (NK) cell populations in circulation. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity was evaluated to determine if early infection contributed to the impact of an atypical rearing. Associations with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), two cytokines released by activated NK cells, were examined. Compared to the NA controls, PI adolescents had a lower percent of CD56bright NK cells in circulation, higher TNF-α levels, and were more likely to be infected with CMV. PI adolescents who were latent carriers of CMV expressed NKG2C and CD57 surface markers on more NK cells, including CD56dim lineages. The NK cell repertoire revealed lingering immune effects of early rearing while still maintaining an overall integrity and resilience.
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- Elizabeth K. Wood
- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA;
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- Wisconsin Institute of Medical Research, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53706, USA;
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (B.D.); (M.R.G.)
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (B.D.); (M.R.G.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 54706, USA;
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Internalizing and externalizing behaviors predict elevated inflammatory markers in childhood. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013; 38:2854-62. [PMID: 24011503 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children with behavior problems, such as internalizing or externalizing disorders, are at increased risk for poorer physical health in adulthood. Inflammation has been posited as a potential biological mediator underlying this association. However, it is unclear how early in development associations between behavior problems and inflammation may be detected, and whether associations are present for both internalizing and externalizing behaviors in pre-pubertal children. METHODS Using data from children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we examined associations between behavior problems at age 8 (assessed via the parent-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) and inflammatory markers assessed at age 10. Inflammatory markers included C-reactive protein (CRP; n=4069) and interleukin-6 (IL-6; n=4061). We further evaluated whether body mass index (BMI) mediated associations, and tested for potential reverse causality by considering whether age 10 inflammation was associated with changes from initial levels to age 12 behavior problems. RESULTS After adjusting for relevant covariates, age 8 externalizing behaviors were associated with elevated CRP at age 10, and age 8 internalizing and externalizing behaviors were associated with elevated IL-6 at age 10 (p's<0.05). We found no evidence that observed associations were mediated by BMI or that inflammatory markers at age 10 were associated with increased internalizing or externalizing behavior problems at age 12. CONCLUSIONS These findings document an association between behavior problems and elevated concentrations of CRP and IL-6 at 10 years. Heightened inflammation in childhood may be a pathway through which early behavior problems increase risk for adult chronic diseases.
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Mills NT, Scott JG, Wray NR, Cohen-Woods S, Baune BT. Research review: the role of cytokines in depression in adolescents: a systematic review. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2013; 54:816-35. [PMID: 24027786 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND While cytokines have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression in adults, the potential role in younger age groups such as adolescents is less clear. This article therefore reviews the literature (a) to explore the relationship between cytokines and depression in adolescents, and (b) to examine how cytokines may be related to adolescent depression in the context of other neurobiological theories of depression. METHOD A systematic review of the scientific literature on the subject was conducted in February 2013, searching the Web of Knowledge, PubMed (Medline), PsycInfo and Cochrane electronic databases. RESULTS Eighteen studies were identified measuring both depression or depressive symptoms and cytokines or immune markers in adolescents. Adolescents with depression show age-specific characteristics of the immune and inflammatory system, specifically in NK cell activity and in pro-inflammatory cytokines (such as IL-1β and TNF-α). In addition, the role of cytokines in adolescent depression is influenced by neurodevelopment, hormonal changes, stress and trauma. CONCLUSIONS There may be differences in the neurobiology of adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) compared with adult MDD. Increased understanding of the role of cytokines in adolescent MDD may lead to improved outcomes in the treatment of adolescent depression.
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- Natalie T Mills
- Genetic Epidemiology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Associations among depression, perceived self-efficacy, and immune function and health in preadolescent children. Dev Psychopathol 2012; 23:1139-47. [PMID: 22018086 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579411000526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Experimental animal studies and adult research consistently show that stress exposure and/or psychological symptoms are associated with poorer health and immune functioning. The application to children is not yet clear, however, and we lack developmental models for studies in this area. The objective of this paper was to test the hypothesis that self-reported self-efficacy and depression, two markers of psychological well-being in children, would predict immunity and rate of illnesses. The data are based on a prospective study of 141 healthy, normally developing children aged 7-13 years who were recruited from an ambulatory pediatric setting. Children completed self-efficacy and depression measures and had blood obtained for IL-6 plasma levels and natural killer cell functional assays on three occasions, 6 months apart. Parents maintained weekly child illness diaries over 1 year using a thermometer to record fever. Parent psychiatric symptoms and income were used as covariates. Results indicated that, across the three occasions of measurement collected over the 1-year period, higher perceived self-efficacy was significantly associated with lower plasma interleukin 6 concentrations. There was no overall main effect of depressive symptoms on immune measures; however, for older girls, higher depression was associated with elevated natural killer cell cytotoxicity and an increased rate of total illnesses and febrile illnesses. The findings provide some of the first evidence that psychological processes are associated with immunity and health in a normally developing sample of preadolescents. Furthermore, the pattern of results suggests a modified model of a link between psychological well-being and immunological processes in children. These results build on and expand research on the notion of allostatic load and develop a groundwork for developmental studies in this area.
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Gabbay V, Klein RG, Alonso CM, Babb JS, Nishawala M, De Jesus G, Hirsch GS, Hottinger-Blanc PM, Gonzalez CJ. Immune system dysregulation in adolescent major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2009; 115:177-82. [PMID: 18790541 PMCID: PMC2770721 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND A large body of evidence suggests that immune system dysregulation is associated with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adults. This study extends this work to adolescent MDD to examine the hypotheses of immune system dysregulation in adolescents with MDD, as manifested by significantly: (i) elevated plasma levels of cytokines (interferon [IFN]-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin [IL]-6, IL-1beta, and IL-4); and (ii) Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance shifted toward Th1 as indexed by increased IFN-gamma/IL-4. METHOD Thirty adolescents with MDD (19 females; 13 medication-free/naïve; ages 12-19) of at least 6 weeks duration and a minimum severity score of 40 on the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised, and 15 healthy comparisons (8 females), group-matched for age, were enrolled. Plasma cytokines were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare subjects with MDD and controls. RESULTS Adolescents with MDD had significantly elevated plasma IFN-gamma levels (3.38+/-11.8 pg/ml versus 0.37+/-0.64 pg/ml; p<0.003), and IFN-gamma/IL-4 ratio (16.6+/-56.5 versus 1.76+/-2.28; p=0.007). A trend for IL-6 to be elevated in the MDD group was also observed (1.52+/-2.88 pg/ml versus 0.49+/-0.90 pg/ml; p=0.09). Importantly, findings remained evident when medicated subjects were excluded. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that immune system dysregulation may be associated with adolescent MDD, with an imbalance of Th1/Th2 shifted toward Th1, as documented in adult MDD. Larger studies with medication-free adolescents should follow.
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- Vilma Gabbay
- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, NY 10016, United States.
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- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, United States
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- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, United States
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- New York University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Research, United States
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- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, United States
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- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, United States
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- New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, United States
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Hyun MS, Nam KA, Kang HS, Reynolds WM. Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale - Second Edition: initial validation of the Korean version. J Adv Nurs 2009; 65:642-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04913.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pain syndromes in children are common and can often be associated with stress, which can have biological as well as psychiatric concomitants. After a comprehensive evaluation is performed, an overall intervention plan should be presented to the child and family. Pediatricians need to be sensitive to the negative stigma attached to treatment directed at mood and behavior, and nonpharmacologic interventions should be considered before any psychopharmacologic intervention is instituted. Finally, pediatricians should always regard pain as "real," and the child psychiatrist can play an important role in integrating care of patients with chronic physical complaints.
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- Jonathan A Slater
- Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service, Children's Hospital of New-York Presbyterian, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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Schleifer SJ, Bartlett JA, Keller SE, Eckholdt HM, Shiflett SC, Delaney BR. Immunity in adolescents with major depression. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2002; 41:1054-60. [PMID: 12218426 DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200209000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The association between major depression (MD) and altered immunity appears to be age-related, with differing immune changes found in prepubertal children, young adults, and older adults. There is limited information concerning immunity in adolescents with MD. METHOD Thirty-six otherwise healthy medication-free adolescents (aged 14-20; 23 female) from a community sample, meeting Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children DSM-III-R criteria for unipolar MD, were compared with 36 nondepressed adolescents matched by gender, age, and racial background. A battery of quantitative and functional immune measures was obtained. RESULTS MD adolescents had increased (p < .05) circulating lymphocytes and lymphocyte subsets; however, altered distribution of lymphocyte subsets was found only for activated T (HLA-DR+) cells (p < .004) and, possibly, natural killer (NK) (CD56+) cells (p < .06), each showing lower percentages in the MD adolescents. Concanavalin A (but not phytohemagglutinin or pokeweed mitogen) mitogen response was lower in the MD adolescents (p < .02). NK cell activity was elevated at higher effector-target ratios (p < .001), an effect not associated with the number of circulating CD56+ (NK) cells. CONCLUSIONS Depressed adolescents showed changes in immune measures that have been found to be altered in other MD groups, although the pattern of effects differs.
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- Steven J Schleifer
- Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA
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Zorrilla EP, Luborsky L, McKay JR, Rosenthal R, Houldin A, Tax A, McCorkle R, Seligman DA, Schmidt K. The relationship of depression and stressors to immunological assays: a meta-analytic review. Brain Behav Immun 2001; 15:199-226. [PMID: 11566046 DOI: 10.1006/brbi.2000.0597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 599] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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This is a broad meta-analysis of the relations of both depression and stressors to immunological assays. The number of study samples (greater than 180) and measures (greater than 40) is much more extensive than any so far. Analyses are done by both fixed and random effects. By a fixed-effects analysis, both major depression and naturally occurring acute stressors are associated with (1) an overall leukocytosis, (2) mild reductions in absolute NK-cell counts and relative T-cell proportions, (3) marginal increases in CD4/CD8 ratios, and (4) moderate decreases in T- and NK-cell function. However, the degree of heterogeneity of the studies' results raises questions about their robustness. Therefore, we also did the first random effects analysis to estimate what is likely to appear in future studies. For depression, the analysis showed the immunological correlates included (1) an overall leukocytosis, manifesting as a relative neutrophilia and lymphoenia; (2) increased CD4/CD8 ratios; (3) increased circulating haptoglobin, PGE(2), and IL-6 levels; (4) reduced NK-cell cytotoxicity; and (5) reduced lymphocyte proliferative response to mitogen. For stressors, the random effects analysis showed that future studies are likely to find the following effects: (1) an overall leukocytosis, manifesting as an absolute lymphocytosis; (2) alterations in cytotoxic lymphocyte levels, CD4/CD8 ratios, and natural killer cell cytotoxicity with the direction of change depending on the chronicity of the stressor; (3) a relative reduction of T-cell levels; (3) increased EBV antibody titers; (4) reduced lymphocyte proliferative response and proportion of IL-2r bearing cells following mitogenic stimulation; and (5) increased leukocyte adhesiveness. The random-effects analysis revealed that for both major depression and naturally occurring stressors the following effects are shared: leukocytosis, increased CD4/CD8 ratios, reduced proliferative response to mitogen, and reduced NK cell cytotoxicity. The implications for these findings for disease susceptibility and the pathophysiology of these conditions is discussed.
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- E P Zorrilla
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Kaufman J, Martin A, King RA, Charney D. Are child-, adolescent-, and adult-onset depression one and the same disorder? Biol Psychiatry 2001; 49:980-1001. [PMID: 11430841 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01127-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This paper reviews prior research studies examining neurobiological correlates and treatment response of depression in children, adolescents, and adults. Although there are some similarities in research findings observed across the life cycle, both children and adolescents have been found to differ from depressed adults on measures of basal cortisol secretion, corticotropin stimulation post-corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) infusion, response to several serotonergic probes, immunity indices, and efficacy of tricyclic medications. These differences are proposed to be due to 1) developmental factors, 2) stage of illness factors (e.g., number of episodes, total duration of illness), or 3) heterogeneity in clinical outcome (e.g., recurrent unipolar course vs. new-onset bipolar disorder). Relevant clinical and preclinical studies that provide support for these alternate explanations of the discrepant findings are reviewed, and directions for future research are discussed. To determine whether child-, adolescent-, and adult-onset depression represent the same condition, it is recommended that researchers 1) use the same neuroimaging paradigms in child, adolescent, and adult depressed cohorts; 2) carefully characterize subjects' stage of illness; and 3) conduct longitudinal clinical and repeat neurobiological assessments of patients of different ages at various stages of illness. In addition, careful attention to familial subtypes (e.g., depressive spectrum disorders vs. familial pure depressive disorders) and environmental factors (e.g., trauma history) are suggested for future investigations.
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- J Kaufman
- Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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Moldofsky H, Dickstein JB. REVIEW ARTICLE: Sleep and cytokine–immune functions in medical, psychiatric and primary sleep disorders. Sleep Med Rev 1999. [DOI: 10.1053/smrv.1999.0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The relation of depression to immunological assays is complex and variable. However, meta-analyses have demonstrated that depressed subjects are likely to show changes in several immune assays. Depressed subjects are likely to have changes in major immune cell classes with an increase in total white blood cell counts and a relative increase in numbers of neutrophils. However, the relative number of lymphocytes is likely to be reduced in depressed subjects. Depression also appears to be associated with increases in at least one measure of immune activation, although further investigations are clearly needed to replicate these interesting observations. Finally, depression is reliably associated with a suppression of mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and with a reduction of NK activity. Despite the heterogeneity of findings, the effect sizes in the relationship between depression and lymphocyte proliferation and NK activity are large as compared to those observed in other areas of psychological and medical research. Several moderating factors may explain and account for the heterogeneity that has been found in the depression-immune results. Future immunologic studies in depressed subjects are needed to clarify the effects of gender and reproductive hormones on the relation between depression and immunity. Severity of melancholic symptoms and sleep disturbance appear to moderate the immune changes in depression but the biological mechanisms that account for the link between these neurovegetative symptoms and depression are not yet known. Finally, assessment of co-morbidity in depressed subjects deserves an increased focus. Data generated from our laboratory clearly show that assessment of alcohol- and tobacco dependence is critical in the interpretation of immune changes in depressed subjects. The clinical significance of changes in immune responses in depressed subjects remains an unanswered question. Studies that use immune measures with disease specific endpoints, as has been recently conducted in the study of VZV immune responses, would help identify the possible link between depression, immune system alterations, and health outcomes.
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- M Irwin
- Department of Psychiatry San Diego VA Medical Center, CA, USA
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Bartlett JA, Demetrikopoulos MK, Schleifer SJ, Keller SE. Phagocytosis and killing of Staphylococcus aureus: effects of stress and depression in children. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 1997; 4:362-6. [PMID: 9144378 PMCID: PMC170533 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.3.362-366.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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While a large body of literature depicting relationships between depression or stress and immunity exists, few such studies have dealt with children, and none investigated myeloid cell-derived immunity. We investigated both phagocytosis and bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus in children with major depressive disorder (MDD). We found that both MDD and stress influence the bactericidal but not the phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The data support the existence of psychobiologic effects in children and suggest possible mechanisms by which depression and stress may affect health.
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- J A Bartlett
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA
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Bartlett JA, Schleifer SJ, Demetrikopoulos MK, Keller SE. Immune differences in children with and without depression. Biol Psychiatry 1995; 38:771-4. [PMID: 8580234 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00364-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- J A Bartlett
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA
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Brown SL, Salive ME, Guralnik JM, Wallace RB, Ostfeld AM, Blazer D. Depressive symptoms in the elderly: association with total white blood cell count. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1995; 19:849-60. [PMID: 8539423 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(95)00115-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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1. The white blood cell (WBC) count in those with high depressive symptoms and non-depressed participants in the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) were compared. 2. Of 3769 participants 10.8% had high depressive symptoms as assessed by the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. The mean white blood cell count was higher in the high depressive symptoms group compared to the non-depressed group (6.8 +/- 0.12 x 10(9) WBC/1 and 6.5 +/- 0.03 x 10(9) WBC/1, respectively, p < 0.01). 3. Because older adults frequently have disabling chronic conditions which could both influence their leukocyte count and cause depressive symptoms, models were developed which controlled for the potential confounding. Even after adjusting for potential confounders, high depressive symptoms were still associated with higher white blood cell counts.
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- S L Brown
- Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Moldofsky H. Sleep, neuroimmune and neuroendocrine functions in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. ADVANCES IN NEUROIMMUNOLOGY 1995; 5:39-56. [PMID: 7795892 DOI: 10.1016/0960-5428(94)00048-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The justification for disordered chronobiology for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is based on the following evidence: The studies on disordered sleep physiology and the symptoms of fibromyalgia and CFS; the experimental studies that draw a link between interleukin-1 (IL-1), immune-neuroendocrine-thermal systems and the sleep-wake cycle; studies and preliminary data of the inter-relationships of sleep-wakefulness, IL-1, and aspects of peripheral immune and neuroendocrine functions in healthy men and in women during differing phases of the menstrual cycle; and the observations of alterations in the immune-neuroendocrine functions of patients with fibromyalgia and CFS (Moldofsky, 1993b, d). Time series analyses of measures of the circadian pattern of the sleep-wake behavioural system, immune, neuroendocrine and temperature functions in patients with fibromyalgia and CFS should determine whether alterations of aspects of the neuro-immune-endocrine systems that accompany disordered sleep physiology result in nonrestorative sleep, pain, fatigue, cognitive and mood symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia and CFS.
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- H Moldofsky
- Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Canada
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Birmaher B, Rabin BS, Garcia MR, Jain U, Whiteside TL, Williamson DE, al-Shabbout M, Nelson BC, Dahl RE, Ryan ND. Cellular immunity in depressed, conduct disorder, and normal adolescents: role of adverse life events. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1994; 33:671-8. [PMID: 8056730 DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199406000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether adolescents with major depressive disorder have disturbances in their cellular immunity and to study whether the immunological changes detected are specific to depression or are general responses to stress. METHOD Twenty subjects with major depressive disorder, 17 nondepressed subjects with conduct disorder, and 17 normal adolescents were recruited. Subjects were assessed with a clinical interview for DSM-III-R and a modified version of the Coddington Life Events Checklist. Blood samples were drawn for total white blood cells, lymphocytes subsets, natural killer cell activity, lymphocyte proliferation response to phytohemagglutinin, and cortisol plasma levels. RESULTS Overall, there were no significant between-group differences in any of the cellular immune measurements. Natural killer cell activity was significantly negatively correlated with past year and lifetime adverse life events across all effector-target cell ratios. Controlling for diagnoses and socioeconomic status yielded similar results. There were no significant effects of age, sex, race, sleep, nutrition, cigarette use, menstrual cycle, or cortisol on any of the immunological variables. CONCLUSIONS In this sample of adolescents, we found that independent of the diagnoses and socioeconomic status, increases in adverse life events were associated with low natural killer cell activity.
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- B Birmaher
- Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, PA 15213
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Reynolds WM. Assessment of Depression in Children and Adolescents by Self-Report Questionnaires. HANDBOOK OF DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1510-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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