2018
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Epigenetic Measures, and Obesity in Youth
Kaufman J, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Holbrook H, O'Loughlin K, Orr C, Kearney C, Yang BZ, Wang T, Zhao H, Althoff R, Garavan H, Gelernter J, Hudziak J. Adverse Childhood Experiences, Epigenetic Measures, and Obesity in Youth. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2018, 202: 150-156.e3. PMID: 30177354, PMCID: PMC6513669, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.06.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexAdverse childhood experiencesMass indexIndices of obesityAssessment of obesityChildhood experiencesFuture longitudinal studiesObesity riskHealth burdenPsychiatric outcomesSecond cohortObesityNovel interventionsCohortEarly adversityCross-sectional measuresEpigenetic predictorsLongitudinal studySaliva DNAEpigenetic measuresWhole genome testingDiscovery sampleReplication sampleChildrenRisk
2014
Child Abuse, Depression, and Methylation in Genes Involved With Stress, Neural Plasticity, and Brain Circuitry
Weder N, Zhang H, Jensen K, Yang BZ, Simen A, Jackowski A, Lipschitz D, Douglas-Palumberi H, Ge M, Perepletchikova F, O'Loughlin K, Hudziak JJ, Gelernter J, Kaufman J. Child Abuse, Depression, and Methylation in Genes Involved With Stress, Neural Plasticity, and Brain Circuitry. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2014, 53: 417-424.e5. PMID: 24655651, PMCID: PMC4126411, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.12.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTubulin Polymerization Promoting ProteinCandidate genesEpigenetic changesMethylation sitesGenome-wide methylation studyMultiple methylation sitesK BeadChip arraySaliva-derived DNAEpigenetic mechanismsK BeadChipBeadChip arrayEpigenetic markersStress responseMethylation studiesCpG sitesGenesNeural circuitry developmentMethylationId-3Whole genome testingNeural plasticityGRIN1Genome testingPlasticityGlutamate receptors