Previously, compassion has been found to protect against depressive symptoms, while emotional adversities in childhood are suggested to increase inflammatory responses. The current study investigated (a) whether emotional family environment in childhood predicts levels of such cytokines in adulthood that are previously found to be elevated in depression (interleukin [IL]-2, IL-6, IL-1b, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, interferon-gamma [IFN-γ], and tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α]) and (b) whether these associations are modified by compassion in adulthood.

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儿童时期危险的情绪家庭环境和成年期抑郁相关的细胞因子：同情心的保护作用

以前，人们发现同情心可以预防抑郁症状，而儿童时期的情绪逆境被认为会增加炎症反应。目前的研究调查了 (a) 童年时期的情绪家庭环境是否可以预测成年期此类细胞因子的水平，这些细胞因子以前被发现在抑郁症中升高（白细胞介素 [IL]-2、IL-6、IL-1b、单核细胞趋化蛋白-1 、干扰素-γ[IFN-γ]和肿瘤坏死因子α[TNF-α]）和（b）这些关联是否在成年期被同情心改变。