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Validation of a novel method of ultraviolet-induced cutaneous inflammation and its associations with anhedonia
Feng, Shengchuang Carlton, Corinne N. Ghane, Merage Allen, Irving C. Richey, John A.
Feng, Shengchuang
Carlton, Corinne N.
Ghane, Merage
Allen, Irving C.
Richey, John A.
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2022-11-24
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24598-4
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Affective immunology of the skin is a growing area; however, established protocols for measuring individual differences in cutaneous inflammation are lacking. To address this, we present a preliminary validation of Precision Implementation of Minimal Erythema Dose (PI-MED) testing as a method for measuring cutaneous inflammation. PI-MED is a recently adapted protocol, optimized for reproducibility and individual differences research, that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to evoke cutaneous erythema, or inflammatory skin reddening. PI-MED’s novel UV dosage schedule produces standardized erythema responses across different skin pigmentation types and shows strong internal consistency within person and good test–retest reliability across 8–10 weeks. In line with predictions, increased PI-MED erythema was associated with heightened anhedonia, across several measures, beyond influences of non-affective covariates. While future work should further refine the dosage schedule for the lightest and darkest skin types, overall, evidence supports PI-MED as a protocol for inducing and measuring individual differences in cutaneous inflammation. Further, PI-MED-induced erythema can expand psychoneuroimmunology research by offering a complementary assessment for general inflammatory tone. This work adds to a growing body of evidence demonstrating a distinct relationship between inflammation and anhedonia.
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Sullivan-Toole, H., Feng, S., Carlton, C.N. et al. Validation of a novel method of ultraviolet-induced cutaneous inflammation and its associations with anhedonia. Sci Rep 12, 20237 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24598-4
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