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Negative affective responses to a speech task predict changes in interleukin (IL)-6

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Carroll, Judith E., Low, Carissa A., Prather, Aric A., Cohen, Sheldon, Fury, Jacqueline M., Ross, Diana C., Marsland, Anna L.·2011·Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

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Laboratory studies show that individuals differ appreciably in the magnitude of their inflammatory responses to acute psychological stress. These individual differences are poorly understood, yet may contribute to variation in stress-associated disease vulnerability. The present study examined the possibility that affective responses to acute stress contribute to these differences. For this purpose, 102 relatively-healthy community volunteers (mean age 50 years; 60% female; 91.2% white) performed an acute stress protocol and measures of affective state and serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin (IL)-6 were collected at the end of a 30-min resting baseline, a 5-min evaluative public speaking task, and a 30-min recovery period. Results of regression analyses, controlling for age, race, gender, menopausal status, and body mass index, revealed a positive association of task-related increases in anger and anxiety with increases in IL-6 (R² change = .08, p = .004; R² change = .08, p = .005, respectively). Further examination showed that these affective responses to the task were independent predictors of change in IL-6. Cardiovascular reactivity to the task did not explain the association. These results suggest that individuals who exhibit angry or anxious responses to acute challenge are more vulnerable to stress-related increases in markers of systemic inflammation, possibly rendering them more susceptible to inflammatory disease.

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  • A public speaking task similar to the TSST induced feelings of anxiety, depression, and anger; greater increases in anxiety and anger were independently related to greater increases in circulating IL-6.

    “a public speaking task similar to the TSST induced feelings of anxiety, depression, and anger; greater increases in anxiety and anger were, in turn, independently related to greater increases in circulating IL-6”
  • Higher cytokine levels were associated with increases in negative mood and anxiety in some studies.

    “higher cytokine levels were reported to be associated with increases in negative mood and anxiety in some studies (Yamakawa et al., 2009; Moons et al., 2010; Carroll et al., 2011).”

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Authors
Carroll, J. E., Low, C. A., Prather, A. A., Cohen, S., Fury, J. M., Ross, D. C., & Marsland, A. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Corresponding author
Marsland, Anna L.
Venue
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-02
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
232-238
ISSN
0889-1591 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2019635910
Cited by
128
References
38
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FWCI
3.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Brain Behavior and Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • KiltHub Repository (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • KiltHub Repository
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007560)
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR008237, NR008237)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
Keywords
interleukin-6, acute psychological stress, anger, anxiety, inflammatory cytokines, cardiovascular reactivity, systemic inflammation
MeSH terms
Affect, Anger, Anxiety, Blood Pressure, Female, Heart Rate, Hemodynamics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Social Environment, Speech, Stress, Psychological, Sympathetic Nervous System, Interleukin-6

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