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The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Wendt F, Pathak G, Yengo L, Polimanti R. The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 976-987. PMID: 38366106, PMCID: PMC11161911, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01828-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocioeconomic statusParticipation biasPsychiatric traitsPolygenic riskFrequency of drinking alcoholDepressive disorderTourette syndromeImpact of assortative matingAlcohol-related traitsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol-related phenotypesInvestigate assortative matingSocioeconomic status conditionsHabitual alcohol intakeAssortative matingAlcohol intakeDrinking alcoholBipolar disorderQuestionnaire respondentsUse disorderMeta-analysisParticipantsGametic phase disequilibriumDisordersTouretteWithin subject cross‐tissue analyzes of epigenetic clocks in substance use disorder postmortem brain and blood
Cabrera‐Mendoza B, Stertz L, Najera K, Selvaraj S, Teixeira A, Meyer T, Fries G, Walss‐Bass C. Within subject cross‐tissue analyzes of epigenetic clocks in substance use disorder postmortem brain and blood. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2022, 192: 13-27. PMID: 36056652, PMCID: PMC9742183, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersStimulant use disorderUse disordersPostmortem brainsAlcohol use disorderBrains of individualsBlood tissueBiological agingSubgroup analysisBrain valuesEpigenetic clocksSUD groupPeripheral measuresAging StudyDisordersBrainPatientsBloodDNA methylation changesSame individualTissueIndividualsMethylation changesOpioidsTissue specificityEstimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Aydin N, Fries G, Docherty A, Walss-Bass C, Polimanti R. Estimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 49: 1383-1391. PMID: 38396255, PMCID: PMC11250798, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01833-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with higher oddsPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSubstance use disordersSocioeconomic factorsMendelian randomizationBipolar disorderGenetic liabilitySuicide attemptsHigher oddsTwo-sample Mendelian randomizationGenetic liability to bipolar disorderEffects of mental distressUK Biobank (UKBLiability to bipolar disorderMultivariable MR approachMendelian randomization approachComprehensive mental health assessmentGenome-wide association dataRisk of psychiatric disordersMental health assessmentBehavioral traitsAssociated with lonelinessHigh-risk individualsMental distressContext of SAThe association of obesity-related traits on COVID-19 severity and hospitalization is affected by socio-economic status: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, De Angelis F, De Lillo A, Koller D, Polimanti R. The association of obesity-related traits on COVID-19 severity and hospitalization is affected by socio-economic status: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2022, 51: 1371-1383. PMID: 35751636, PMCID: PMC9278255, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere respiratory COVID-19COVID-19 severityCOVID-19 outcomesSocio-economic statusMendelian randomization studyObesity-related traitsLower oddsCOVID-19Randomization studyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severityBody mass indexWaist-hip ratioCOVID-19 infectionTwo-sample MR approachAssociation of incomeMultivariable Mendelian randomization studyLinking Behavior and Genetics: Psychopathology and Recognition of Anger and Other Emotions
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Koller D, Polimanti R. Linking Behavior and Genetics: Psychopathology and Recognition of Anger and Other Emotions. 2023, 1567-1584. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31547-3_86.ChaptersSex differences in brain gene expression among suicide completers
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Fresno C, Monroy-Jaramillo N, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Glahn DC, Ostrosky-Wegman P, Mendoza-Morales RC, García-Dolores F, Díaz-Otañez CE, González-Sáenz EE, Genis-Mendoza AD, Martínez-Magaña JJ, Romero-Pimentel AL, Flores G, Vázquez-Roque RA, Nicolini H. Sex differences in brain gene expression among suicide completers. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2020, 267: 67-77. PMID: 32063575, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain gene expressionSex-specific gene expression patternsGene expressionRibonucleic protein complexesGene expression patternsGene expression profilesProtein complexesGene setsDNA bindingExpression patternsExpression profilesGenesSuicide geneBiological levelsVesicular functionCell proliferationValuable foundationDifferentiallyMicroarrayExpressionSex-specific factorsSuicide completersSuicidal brainImmune responseSex differencesCandidate pharmacological treatments for substance use disorder and suicide identified by gene co‐expression network‐based drug repositioning
Cabrera‐Mendoza B, Martínez‐Magaña J, Monroy‐Jaramillo N, Genis‐Mendoza A, Fresno C, Fries GR, Walss‐Bass C, Armenta M, García‐Dolores F, Díaz‐Otañez C, Flores G, Vázquez‐Roque R, Nicolini H. Candidate pharmacological treatments for substance use disorder and suicide identified by gene co‐expression network‐based drug repositioning. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2021, 186: 193-206. PMID: 33403748, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersUse disordersBrain gene co-expression networksHub genesPotential pharmacological targetPost-mortem samplesPharmacological treatmentHigh riskCandidate treatmentPharmacological targetsSuicidal behaviorMAOA inhibitorsPrefrontal cortexNonsuicidesDGIdb databaseGene expression profilesPatientsCo-expression networkSuicideDisordersDrugsTreatmentDrug repositioningExpression profilesIndividualsHigh polygenic burden is associated with blood DNA methylation changes in individuals with suicidal behavior
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Martínez-Magaña JJ, Genis-Mendoza AD, Sarmiento E, Ruíz-Ramos D, Tovilla-Zárate CA, González-Castro TB, Juárez-Rojop IE, García-de la Cruz DD, López-Armenta M, Real F, García-Dolores F, Flores G, Vázquez-Roque RA, Lanzagorta N, Escamilla M, Saucedo-Uribe E, Rodríguez-Mayoral O, Jiménez-Genchi J, Castañeda-González C, Roche-Bergua A, Nicolini H. High polygenic burden is associated with blood DNA methylation changes in individuals with suicidal behavior. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2020, 123: 62-71. PMID: 32036075, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylation differencesMethylation differencesDiscovery samplePolygenic risk scoresDNA methylation changesSuicidal behaviorGenetic burdenPolygenic burdenPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumEpigenetic variationATP bindingDNA methylationEnvironmental factorsMethylation changesEpigenetic changesGenomics ConsortiumPolygenic componentGenesGenetic variantsPRS analysesRisk scoreMexican individualsBurdenIntegration of approachesNeurodevelopmentBrain Gene Expression-DNA Methylation Correlation in Suicide Completers: Preliminary Results
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Martínez-Magaña J, Genis-Mendoza A, Monroy-Jaramillo N, Walss-Bass C, Fries G, García-Dolores F, López-Armenta M, Flores G, Vázquez-Roque R, Nicolini H. Brain Gene Expression-DNA Methylation Correlation in Suicide Completers: Preliminary Results. Revista De Investigación Clínica 2021, 72 DOI: 10.24875/ric.19003250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA meta-study on transcription factor networks in the suicidal brain
Cabrera-Mendoza B, de Anda-Jáuregui G, Nicolini H, Fresno C. A meta-study on transcription factor networks in the suicidal brain. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2021, 136: 23-31. PMID: 33548827, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar disorderSchizophrenia NetworkSuicidal brainDifferent mental disordersDisorders NetworkMajor depression disorderImmune response genesGene expression differencesHealthy controlsImmune responseDepression disorderDepression networkDisorder-specific characteristicsMental disordersPrefrontal cortexDisordersExpression differencesRegulatory mechanismsTranscription factor networkSuicideSocial stressBrainSuicide neurobiologyTranscriptional factorsFactor networkBrain Gene Expression Profiling of Individuals With Dual Diagnosis Who Died by Suicide
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Fresno C, Monroy-Jaramillo N, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Glahn DC, Ostrosky-Wegman P, Genis-Mendoza AD, Martínez-Magaña JJ, Romero-Pimentel AL, Díaz-Otañez CE, García-Dolores F, González-Sáenz EE, Mendoza-Morales RC, Flores G, Vázquez-Roque R, Nicolini H. Brain Gene Expression Profiling of Individuals With Dual Diagnosis Who Died by Suicide. Journal Of Dual Diagnosis 2019, 16: 177-190. PMID: 31774731, DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2019.1692160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersMood disordersDual diagnosisUse disordersMental comorbiditiesGene expression profilesMental disordersSingle disorderCell type enrichmentAdverse clinical outcomesGlial-specific markersMore mental disordersExpression profilesDorsolateral prefrontal cortexClinical outcomesGABAergic neurotransmissionGlial markersHigh riskDisorder patientsComorbiditiesSuicidal behaviorPrefrontal cortexGene expression profilingSynaptic genesDisordersNeuroanatomical features and its usefulness in classification of patients with PANDAS.
Cabrera B, Romero-Rebollar C, Jiménez-Ángeles L, Genis-Mendoza AD, Flores J, Lanzagorta N, Arroyo M, de la Fuente-Sandoval C, Santana D, Medina-Bañuelos V, Sacristán E, Nicolini H. Neuroanatomical features and its usefulness in classification of patients with PANDAS. CNS Spectrums 2019, 24: 533-543. PMID: 30428956, DOI: 10.1017/S1092852918001268.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain Gene Expression Pattern of Subjects with Completed Suicide and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder
Cabrera B, Monroy-Jaramillo N, Fries GR, Mendoza-Morales RC, García-Dolores F, Mendoza-Larios A, Diaz-Otañez C, Walss-Bass C, Glahn DC, Ostrosky-Wegman P, Fresno C, Nicolini H. Brain Gene Expression Pattern of Subjects with Completed Suicide and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder. Complex Psychiatry 2018, 5: 60-73. PMID: 31019919, PMCID: PMC6465692, DOI: 10.1159/000493940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenome-Wide Analysis Reveals DNA Methylation Alteration in ZFP57 and Its Target RASGFR2 in a Mexican Population Cohort with Autism
Aspra Q, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Morales-Marín ME, Márquez C, Chicalote C, Ballesteros A, Aguilar M, Castro X, Gómez-Cotero A, Balboa-Verduzco AM, Albores-Gallo L, Nafate-López O, Marcín-Salazar CA, Sánchez P, Lanzagorta-Piñol N, López-Armenta FO, Nicolini H. Epigenome-Wide Analysis Reveals DNA Methylation Alteration in ZFP57 and Its Target RASGFR2 in a Mexican Population Cohort with Autism. Children 2022, 9: 462. PMID: 35455506, PMCID: PMC9025761, DOI: 10.3390/children9040462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA methylationGenome-wide differencesIllumina 450k arrayDNA methylation patternsDNA methylation profilesDNA methylation studiesDNA methylation alterationsWide analysisMethylation patternsEnvironmental factorsMethylation alterationsMethylation profilesMethylation studiesDifferent tissuesMethylationASD etiologyASD pathophysiologyComplex neurodevelopmental disorderMolecular alterationsEpithelium cellsNeurodevelopmental disordersComplex interactionsZFP57RasGRF2DiversityThe Relationship of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization and Population-Based Sibling Comparison Study
Wendt FR, Garcia-Argibay M, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Valdimarsdóttir UA, Gelernter J, Stein MB, Nivard MG, Maihofer AX, Consortium P, Maihofer A, Choi K, Coleman J, Daskalakis N, Denckla C, Ketema E, Morey R, Polimanti R, Ratanatharathorn A, Torres K, Wingo A, Zai C, Aiello A, Almli L, Amstadter A, Andersen S, Andreassen O, Arbisi P, Ashley-Koch A, Austin S, Avdibegovic E, Borglum A, Babic D, Bækvad-Hansen M, Baker D, Beckham J, Bierut L, Bisson J, Boks M, Bolger E, Bradley B, Brashear M, Breen G, Bryant R, Bustamante A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Calabrese J, Caldas-de-Almeida J, Chen C, Dale A, Dalvie S, Deckert J, Delahanty D, Dennis M, Disner S, Domschke K, Duncan L, Kulenovic A, Erbes C, Evans A, Farrer L, Feeny N, Flory J, Forbes D, Franz C, Galea S, Garrett M, Gautam A, Gelaye B, Gelernter J, Geuze E, Gillespie C, Uka A, Gordon S, Guffanti G, Hammamieh R, Hauser M, Heath A, Hemmings S, Hougaard D, Jakovljevic M, Jett M, Johnson E, Jones I, Jovanovic T, Qin X, Karstoft K, Kaufman M, Kessler R, Khan A, Kimbrel N, King A, Koen N, Kranzler H, Kremen W, Lawford B, Lebois L, Lewis C, Liberzon I, Linnstaedt S, Logue M, Lori A, Lugonja B, Luykx J, Lyons M, Maples-Keller J, Marmar C, Martin N, Maurer D, Mavissakalian M, McFarlane A, McGlinchey R, McLaughlin K, McLean S, Mehta D, Mellor R, Michopoulos V, Milberg W, Miller M, Morris C, Mors O, Mortensen P, Nelson E, Nordentoft M, Norman S, O’Donnell M, Orcutt H, Panizzon M, Peters E, Peterson A, Peverill M, Pietrzak R, Polusny M, Rice J, Risbrough V, Roberts A, Rothbaum A, Rothbaum B, Roy-Byrne P, Ruggiero K, Rung A, Rutten B, Saccone N, Sanchez S, Schijven D, Seedat S, Seligowski A, Seng J, Sheerin C, Silove D, Smith A, Smoller J, Sponheim S, Stein D, Stevens J, Teicher M, Thompson W, Trapido E, Uddin M, Ursano R, van den Heuvel L, Van Hooff M, Vermetten E, Vinkers C, Voisey J, Wang Y, Wang Z, Werge T, Williams M, Williamson D, Winternitz S, Wolf C, Wolf E, Yehuda R, Young K, Young R, Zhao H, Zoellner L, Haas M, Lasseter H, Provost A, Salem R, Sebat J, Shaffer R, Wu T, Ripke S, Daly M, Ressler K, Koenen K, Stein M, Nievergelt C, Nievergelt C, Larsson H, Mattheisen M, Polimanti R, Meier S. The Relationship of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization and Population-Based Sibling Comparison Study. Biological Psychiatry 2022, 93: 362-369. PMID: 36335070, PMCID: PMC10496427, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHousehold income does not affect the pleiotropy of schizophrenia genetic liability with mental and physical health outcomes.
Kouakou MR, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Pathak GA, Cannon TD, Polimanti R. Household income does not affect the pleiotropy of schizophrenia genetic liability with mental and physical health outcomes. MedRxiv 2023 PMID: 37808821, DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.25.23296085.Peer-Reviewed Original Research In PressSex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation
He J, Cabrera-Mendoza B, De Angelis F, Pathak G, Koller D, Curhan S, Curhan G, Mecca A, van Dyck C, Polimanti R. Sex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation. Brain 2024, 147: 3395-3408. PMID: 38454550, PMCID: PMC11449129, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging-derived phenotypesHearing difficultiesBrain imaging-derived phenotypesSex-combined analysisLatent causal variable analysesMendelian randomization approachGeneralized linear regression analysisLocal genetic correlation analysisMultivariate generalized linear regression analysisGenome-wide association studiesLatent causal variableGenetic correlation analysisGenetic correlationsLocal genetic correlationMendelian randomizationPeripheral auditory systemOlder adultsGWAS dataLinear regression analysisHealth burdenGenomic regionsAssociation studiesPleiotropic regionsSex differencesTranscriptome regulationDiagnosis in PANDAS: An Update
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Genis-Mendoza A, Nicolini H. Diagnosis in PANDAS: An Update. Current Psychiatry Research And Reviews 2020, 15: 237-247. DOI: 10.2174/2666082215666190917161514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAcute neuropsychiatric syndromeAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersBiological markersNeuropsychiatric syndromeDiagnosis criteriaNeuropsychiatric disordersCurrent diagnosis criteriaSpecific biological markersPotential biological markersPeripheral markersClinical presentationClinical reviewBody of evidenceTherapeutic measuresSpecific symptomsOpportune treatmentPubMed databaseClinical casesClinical settingDiagnosisDisordersSyndromeMarkersImportant studiesFirst Report of Seropositivity to Trypanosoma cruzi in Mexican Afro‐Descendants from Guerrero and Oaxaca States
Espinoza B, Rangel-Flores H, Saucedo-Arteaga G, Martínez I, Aguilar-Salinas C, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Ponce-Patiño D, Mendoza-Duarter J, Martínez-Rangel C. First Report of Seropositivity to Trypanosoma cruzi in Mexican Afro‐Descendants from Guerrero and Oaxaca States. Journal Of Parasitology Research 2024, 2024: 2014142. PMID: 38751402, PMCID: PMC11095991, DOI: 10.1155/2024/2014142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetically Informed Study Highlights Income-Independent Effect of Schizophrenia Liability on Mental and Physical Health
Kouakou M, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Pathak G, Cannon T, Polimanti R. Genetically Informed Study Highlights Income-Independent Effect of Schizophrenia Liability on Mental and Physical Health. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2024, sbae093. PMID: 38848523, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable Mendelian randomizationMR analysisMedical endpointsMultivariable MR analysisNegative health outcomesSubstance usePsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumHigh-risk individualsFinnGen participantsMendelian randomizationMultiple testing correctionSocioeconomic inequalitiesHealth outcomesBonferroni multiple testing correctionUK BiobankSocioeconomic differencesPhysical healthMental healthAnalysis of schizophreniaGenetic liabilityAdjustment disorderHousehold incomeLife expectancyTesting correctionPersonality disorder