Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joint Authors
Bernardes, Miguel
Terroso, G.
Costa, Lúcia
Cornaby, Caleb
Cortez, Alice
Figueiredo, Marta
Mesquita, Cristina Dos Santos
Poole, Brian D.
Figueiredo-Braga, M.
Source
Journal of Immunology Research
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an often debilitating autoinflammatory disease.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are often troubled by co-occurring depression or other psychological manifestations.
RA patients have a variety of treatment options available, including biologicals that inhibit cytokines or immune cells.
If these cytokines influence the psychological symptoms, then the use of cytokine inhibitors should modulate these symptoms.
Methods.
A cohort of 209 individuals was recruited.
This group included 82 RA patients, 22 healthy subjects, 32 depressed control subjects, and 73 subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Of the RA patients, 51% were on a biological therapeutic.
ELISA was used to measure cytokine levels.
A variety of psychological assessments were used to evaluate depression, anxiety, sleep, fatigue, and relationship status.
Clinical values were obtained from medical records.
Results.
IL-10 concentration was associated with depressive symptoms in the RA patients, healthy controls, and the lupus patients.
In the patients with primary depression, depressive symptoms were associated with IL-6 and TNF-alpha.
In RA patients, Tocilizumab use was associated with decreased depressive symptoms.
14 RA patients who were not using biologicals began using them by a one-month follow-up.
In these patients, there was no significant change to any value except for fatigue.
Conclusions.
A variety of both biological and social factors influences depressive symptoms in RA.
IL-10 and IL-6 are likely to be involved, since IL-10 concentration was associated with depression and Tocilizumab decreased depressive symptoms in the RA patients.
The roles of these cytokines are different in RA and lupus, as high IL-10 in RA is associated with increased depressive symptoms, but high IL-10 in the lupus patients is associated with decreased depression.
IL-6 was also associated with depressive symptoms in the patients with primary depression.
These results strongly indicate that disease activity, including cytokine levels, has a strong impact on depressive symptoms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Figueiredo-Braga, M.& Cornaby, Caleb& Cortez, Alice& Bernardes, Miguel& Terroso, G.& Figueiredo, Marta…[et al.]. 2018. Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Immunology Research،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192676
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Figueiredo-Braga, M.…[et al.]. Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Immunology Research No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192676
American Medical Association (AMA)
Figueiredo-Braga, M.& Cornaby, Caleb& Cortez, Alice& Bernardes, Miguel& Terroso, G.& Figueiredo, Marta…[et al.]. Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Immunology Research. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192676
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1192676