2014
Stress‐Related Alcohol Consumption in Heavy Drinkers Correlates with Expression of miR‐10a, miR‐21, and Components of the TAR‐RNA‐Binding Protein‐Associated Complex
Beech RD, Leffert JJ, Lin A, Hong KA, Hansen J, Umlauf S, Mane S, Zhao H, Sinha R. Stress‐Related Alcohol Consumption in Heavy Drinkers Correlates with Expression of miR‐10a, miR‐21, and Components of the TAR‐RNA‐Binding Protein‐Associated Complex. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2014, 38: 2743-2753. PMID: 25421511, PMCID: PMC4244644, DOI: 10.1111/acer.12549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiR-21Psychological stressMD subjectsAcute psychological stressReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionGene expressionAlcohol intakeHD groupPeripheral bloodStress-related drinkingPolymerase chain reactionStimulus presentationModerate drinkersMD groupAlcohol-related cuesDrinking subjectsStress-induced drinkingAlcohol consumptionHeavy drinkersAlcohol dependenceAmount of beerMicroRNA-10aChain reactionMicroRNA-21
2010
Increased peripheral blood expression of electron transport chain genes in bipolar depression
Beech RD, Lowthert L, Leffert JJ, Mason PN, Taylor MM, Umlauf S, Lin A, Lee JY, Maloney K, Muralidharan A, Lorberg B, Zhao H, Newton SS, Mane S, Epperson CN, Sinha R, Blumberg H, Bhagwagar Z. Increased peripheral blood expression of electron transport chain genes in bipolar depression. Bipolar Disorders 2010, 12: 813-824. PMID: 21176028, PMCID: PMC3076072, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00882.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar disorderBipolar depressionPeripheral bloodDepressed subjectsGeneGo MetaCore softwarePeripheral blood expressionHealthy control subjectsReal-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionEffects of medicationReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionMitochondrial electron transport chainControl subjectsPolymerase chain reactionUnmedicated subjectsHealthy controlsBlood expressionBPD subjectsSpecific genetic pathwaysElectron transport chain genesMetaCore softwareA totalAltered expressionQRT-PCR