Increased IL-1β reactivity upon a glucose challenge in patients with deliberate self-harm

• Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol. 124; no. 4; pp. 301 - 306
• Main Authors: Westling, S., Ahrén, B., Träskman-Bendz, L., Brundin, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2011; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Aggression; aggression, glucose; Aggressive behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - analysis; Blood Glucose - metabolism; borderline personality disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder - metabolism; Clinical Medicine; cytokine; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; glucose; Glucose - metabolism; Glucose - pharmacology; Hostility; Humans; IL-1 beta; IL-1β; Inflammation; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 6; Interleukin-1beta - blood; Interleukin-1beta - metabolism; Interleukin-6 - blood; Interleukin-6 - metabolism; Inventories; Klinisk medicin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Personality; Personality disorders; Plasma levels; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Self-Injurious Behavior - blood; Self-Injurious Behavior - metabolism; Tumor necrosis factor- alpha; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - metabolism; Young Adult; Human; Self injury; Borderline; Aggression; Cytokine; borderline personality disorder; Interleukin 1β; Glucose; Self destruction; IL-1β; Personality disorder

Westling S, Ahrén B, Träskman‐Bendz L, Brundin L. Increased IL‐1β reactivity upon a glucose challenge in patients with deliberate self‐harm. Objective:  A disturbed glucose metabolism has been observed in patients with aggressive behaviour. Interleukin (IL)‐1β is a pro‐inflammatory cytokine that can...