Influence of Real-Life Psychosocial Stressors on Immune System Dynamics: A Time Series Analysis Approach

Lennart Seizer¹, Kurt Fritsche², Christina Burbaum², Emil Chamson³, Dietmar Fuchs⁴, Harald R. Bliem⁵, Christian Schubert¹

¹Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; ³Department of Translation Studies, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria; ⁴Division of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ⁵Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Prediction of Antibody Levels After COVD-19 Vaccination: Evidence for Immune Interoception

Stephanie Dimitroff¹, Lisa Würfel¹, Maria Meier¹, Kelly Faig², Annika Benz¹, Bernadette Denk^1,3, Ulrike Bentele¹, Eva Unternaehrer^1,4, Jens Pruessner^1,3

¹Department of Psychology, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Konstanz, Germany; ²Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, USA; ³Centre for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of Konstanz, Germany; ⁴Child and Adolescent Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland

From Chronic Stress to Systemic Inflammation to Cortical Thickness: Pathways in Healthy, Mid-aged Adults?

Julia Katharina Schaefer¹, Lara Puhlmann^2,3, Sofie Valk^2,4, Tania Singer⁵, Veronika Engert^2,6

¹Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany; ²Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; ³Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR), Mainz, Germany; ⁴Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; ⁵Social Neuroscience Lab, Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany; ⁶Department of Social Neuroscience, Institute of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany

How to induce chronic psychosocial stress and reliably measure social deficits in female mice

Giulia Mazzari, Dominik Langgartner, Stefan O. Reber

Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Sex-specific effects of early life adversity in combination or not with chronic psychosocial stress during adulthood on physiological parameters in C57BL/6N mice

Jessica Schiele^1,2, Giulia Mazzari^1,2, Dominik Langgartner¹, Stefan O. Reber¹

¹Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ²authors contributed equally

The MDSC – a key player in glucocorticoid resistance following combined physical and psychosocial trauma

Elena Kempter¹, Mattia Amoroso¹, Monika Kustermann², Jasmin Scheurer², Ludmila Lupu³, Bernd Baumann⁴, Rainer H. Straub⁵, Gudrun Strauß², Markus Huber-Lang³, Dominik Langgartner¹, Stefan O. Reber¹

¹Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ²Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ³Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ⁴Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; ⁵Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Taste-Immune Conditioning with Fingolimod (FTY720) as Unconditioned Stimulus

Marie Jakobs, Tina Hörbelt-Grünheidt, Yasmin Salem, Martin Hadamitzky, Manfred Schedlowski, Laura Heiß-Lückemann

Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences (C-TNBS), University Hospital Essen, Germany

Immune age correlates with cardiorespiratory fitness, but not with general intelligence

Peter Bröde, Maren Claus, Erhan Genç, Jan Digutsch, Silvia Capellino, Patrick D. Gajewski, Stephan Getzmann, Klaus Golka, Jan G. Hengstler, Michael A. Nitsche, Edmund Wascher, Carsten Watzl

Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany

Beta2-adrenergic receptor expression and signaling is profoundly changed in B lymphocytes during collagen-induced arthritis

Nadine Honke¹, Clemens Wiest², Georg Pongratz¹

¹University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany; ²University Hospital Regensburg, Germany

The regulatory function of TLR9-activated B cells is improved by endogenously produced catecholamines

Nadine Honke, Georg Pongratz

University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany

The role of estrous cycle induced cytokine expression on neuroinflammation in NF-kB p50 knock out mice and its impact on learning and behavior

Christina Konstantina Petrou, Sven Oliver Kobald, Stephan Getzmann, Silvia Capellino

Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Germany

Investigation of the relationship between Immune Age and Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

Maren Claus, Peter Bröde, Doris Urlaub, Natalie Wolfsdorff, Carsten Watzl

Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors - IfADo, Germany

Systemic and local adipokines in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis mouse models

Elena Neumann¹, Hani Manfred Sauermilch¹, Marie-Lisa Hülser¹, Yubin Luo², Aline Bozec², Georg Schett², Ulf Müller-Ladner¹

¹Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany; ²University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Adherence and beliefs about medication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Corinna Jugel, Christoph Baerwald, Olga Seifert

University Hospital Leipzig, Germany

Biological and psychological stress responses after miscarriage: Cross-sectional results from the MALT randomized controlled trial.

Luis Gerber^2,1, Alexandra Braun¹, Markus Müller¹, Nicolas Rohleder², Barbara Stein¹, Peter Radermacher³, Christiane Waller¹

¹Paracelsus Medical University, General Hospital Nuremberg, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy; Contact: Luis.Gerber@klinikum-nuernberg.de; ²Department of Psychology, Chair of Health Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; ³Anesthesiological Pathophysiology and Process Engineering, Ulm University Hospital

Characterisation of circulating dendritic cells in major depressive disorder

Anna-Lena Boller^1,2, Jana Freff^1,2, Kathrin Schwarte¹, Rafael Leite Dantas^1,2, Volker Arolt¹, Udo Dannlowski³, Bernhard T. Baune^1,4,5, Stefanie Scheu⁶, Judith Alferink^1,2

¹Department of Mental Health, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; ²Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003, Cells in Motion, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; ³Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; ⁴The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; ⁶Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

The alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor – a protective factor against endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in fibrosis?

Agatha Stegemann¹, Zoltan Pethö², Albrecht Schwab², Verena Raker¹, Kerstin Steinbrink¹, Markus Böhm¹

¹Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany; ²Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Germany

Fibroblast function in vitro modulated by the melanocortin tripeptide derivatives KdPT and WOL074-029

Agatha Stegemann¹, Michael Soeberdt², Christoph Abels², Kerstin Steinbrink¹, Markus Böhm¹

¹Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany; ²Dr. August Wolff GmbH, Bielefeld

Stress is not always stress: a comparison of cortisol and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in hair after natural disaster stress and academic stress

Eva Milena Johanne Peters, Marcela González-de-la-Vara, Susanne Tumala

University of Gießen, Germany

Immune-mediated early endocrine response during tumorigenesis

Hugo Besedovsky¹, Martin Schardt², Adriana del Rey¹

¹Medical Faculty, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany; ²Swiss Research Institute, Medical Department, Davos, Switzerland

Stress reactions and test performance in a Zoom session with and without the camera running

Ursula Schade, Nicolas Rohleder

FAU, Germany