Unlike basal inflammation, LPS-stimulated inflammation was stillassociated with (anxiety) symptom severity after adjustment for lifestyle and health(IDS: IL-8, MCP-1, MMP2; BAI: LPS index, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18, MCP-1, MMP2,TNF-β). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is Anxiety.