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Abstract #2233

Inflammation is associated with altered functional connectivity of cingulate cortex in subthreshold depression

zhang zhang Qi1, Pan Chen2, Wei Cui3, and Ying Wang2
1Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, GuangZhou, China, 2First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, GuangZhou, China, 3GE Healthcare, MR Research China, GuangZhou, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Psychiatric Disorders, fMRI (resting state)

Motivation: Subthreshold depression (StD) as a transitional stage of depression, identifying biological markers of StD is essential to prevent depression.

Goal(s): To investigate the relationship between brain function, inflammatory cytokines, and symptoms in StD.

Approach: Multiple linear regression was adopted to model the relationship between functional connectivity (FC) values, psychological variables and pro-inflammatory cytokines levels of StD.

Results: The interaction of Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) level × FC values in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) - superior frontal gyrus (SFG) was an independent predictor for the anxiety scores in StD. The interaction of Interleukin-17 (IL-17) × FC in ACC - SFG was an independent predictor for the rumination scores.

Impact: It is suggested that StD may have the tendency of autoimmune dysfunction. We hypothesize that IL-1β and IL-17 may show synergistic effects in inflammatory response and immune regulation, which co-influencing the FC of ACC-SFG, causing rumination and anxiety.

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