PMID- 35861930 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221018 LR - 20221019 IS - 1434-9949 (Electronic) IS - 0770-3198 (Print) IS - 0770-3198 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 11 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Serum interleukin-23 levels: relation to depression, anxiety, and disease activity in psoriatic arthritis patients. PG - 3391-3399 LID - 10.1007/s10067-022-06300-1 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: Assessment of serum levels of IL-23 in PsA patients and its correlation with depression, anxiety, and disease activity. METHODS: Eighty psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients and eighty healthy volunteers matched for age and gender were included in this observational case-control study. All participants suspected to detailed history, clinical assessment, PsA activity using Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) score, the severity and extent of psoriasis was assessed by the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), and ultrasonographic assessments of the entheses were examined according to the Madrid Sonographic Enthesitis Index (MASEI). Depression and anxiety were assessed by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Serum IL-23 was measured and correlated with disease activity, depression, and anxiety. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between patients and controls regarding demographic data. Thirty-six PsA patients (45%) had anxiety and 28 patients (35%) had depression, while in the control group, 16 persons (20%) had anxiety and 12 (15%) had depression, with significant differences between the 2 groups (p < 0.0001). There were significant differences in HADS anxiety and depression scores between patients and controls with significant positive correlations between HADS depression, anxiety scores and IL-23, DAPSA, PASI, and MASEI scores (p < 0.05). IL-23 was positively correlated with DAPSA, PASI, and HADS scores; we observed that interleukin 23, higher DAPSA, and PASI were independently associated with depression and anxiety. CONCLUSION: Serum interleukin-23 levels were elevated in PsA patients and were found to be correlated with depression, anxiety, and disease activity. Key Points * Psoriatic arthritis is a multidimensional disorder with psychiatric drawbacks. * Interleukin-23 is a proinflammatory cytokines that was correlated with depression and anxiety in PsA patients. * Interleukin-23 was correlated with disease activity in PsA. * Depression and anxiety were positively correlated with disease activity in PsA. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Tabra, Samar Abdalhamed AU - Tabra SA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6414-5602 AD - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. FAU - Abd Elghany, Salwa Elmorsy AU - Abd Elghany SE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-8800 AD - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. FAU - Amer, Reham A AU - Amer RA AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. FAU - Fouda, Mohamed H AU - Fouda MH AD - Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. FAU - Abu-Zaid, Mohammed Hassan AU - Abu-Zaid MH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8436-8598 AD - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. drmhassan113@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study DEP - 20220721 PL - Germany TA - Clin Rheumatol JT - Clinical rheumatology JID - 8211469 RN - 0 (Interleukin-23) SB - IM MH - Anxiety MH - *Arthritis, Psoriatic/complications MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Depression MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-23 MH - *Psoriasis MH - Severity of Illness Index PMC - PMC9301620 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anxiety OT - Depression OT - Disease activity OT - HADS score OT - IL-23 OT - Psoriatic arthritis EDAT- 2022/07/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/19 06:00 PMCR- 2022/07/21 CRDT- 2022/07/21 11:20 PHST- 2022/03/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/21 11:20 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10067-022-06300-1 [pii] AID - 6300 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10067-022-06300-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Nov;41(11):3391-3399. doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06300-1. Epub 2022 Jul 21.