PMID- 31450770 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200210 LR - 20200210 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Aug 23 TI - Brain-Behavior-Immune Interaction: Serum Cytokines and Growth Factors in Patients with Eating Disorders at Extremes of the Body Mass Index (BMI) Spectrum. LID - 10.3390/nu11091995 [doi] LID - 1995 AB - Alterations of the immune system are known in eating disorders (EDs), however the importance of cytokine balance in this context has not been clarified. We compared cytokines and growth factors at opposite ends of BMI ranges, in 90 patients classified in relation to BMI, depressive and EDs comorbidities. Serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and epidermal growth factor (EGF) were determined by a biochip analyzer (Randox Labs). Differences were calculated through ANOVA. Possible predictors of higher cytokine levels were evaluated through regression analysis. IL-1alpha, IL-10, EGF, and IFN-gamma were altered individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and binge eating disorder (BED). Night-eating was associated with IL-8 and EGF levels, IL-10 concentrations with post-dinner eating and negatively with sweet-eating, long fasting with higher IFN-gamma levels. IL-2 increase was not linked to EDs, but to the interaction of depression and BMI. Altogether, for the first time, IL-1alpha, IL-10, EGF, and IFN-gamma were shown to differ between AN and HCs, and between AN and individuals with obesity with or without BED. Only IL-2 was influenced by depression. Dysfunctional eating behaviors predicted abnormal concentrations of IL-10, EGF, IL-8 and IFN-gamma. FAU - Caroleo, Mariarita AU - Caroleo M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5856-5344 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Carbone, Elvira Anna AU - Carbone EA AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Greco, Marta AU - Greco M AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Corigliano, Domenica Maria AU - Corigliano DM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5493-9318 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Arcidiacono, Biagio AU - Arcidiacono B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4343-678X AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Fazia, Gilda AU - Fazia G AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Rania, Marianna AU - Rania M AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Aloi, Matteo AU - Aloi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5585-6488 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Gallelli, Luca AU - Gallelli L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0858-7902 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Segura-Garcia, Cristina AU - Segura-Garcia C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5756-3045 AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. segura@unicz.it. FAU - Foti, Daniela Patrizia AU - Foti DP AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Brunetti, Antonio AU - Brunetti A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1533-8779 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study DEP - 20190823 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Anorexia Nervosa/blood/immunology/physiopathology/psychology MH - Binge-Eating Disorder/blood/immunology/physiopathology/psychology MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - *Body Mass Index MH - Brain/immunology/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cytokines/*blood/immunology MH - *Feeding Behavior MH - Feeding and Eating Disorders/*blood/immunology/physiopathology/psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*blood MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Night Eating Syndrome/blood/immunology/physiopathology/psychology MH - Time Factors MH - *Weight Gain MH - *Weight Loss MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6770139 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anorexia nervosa OT - binge eating disorder OT - cytokines OT - eating disorders OT - growth factors OT - inflammation OT - obesity COIS- The authors report no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/11 06:00 PMCR- 2019/09/01 CRDT- 2019/08/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu11091995 [pii] AID - nutrients-11-01995 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu11091995 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2019 Aug 23;11(9):1995. doi: 10.3390/nu11091995.