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Within 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAlcoholismBrainDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHumansSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsSubstance use disordersStimulant use disorderUse disordersPostmortem brainsAlcohol use disorderBrains of individualsBlood tissueBiological agingSubgroup analysisBrain valuesEpigenetic clocksSUD groupPeripheral measuresAging StudyDisordersBrainPatientsBloodDNA methylation changesSame individualTissueIndividualsMethylation changesOpioidsTissue specificityHigh 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticHumansMultifactorial InheritanceSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedConceptsDNA 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 approachesNeurodevelopment
2024
Blood epigenome-wide association studies of suicide attempt in adults with bipolar disorder
Mirza S, Lima C, Del Favero-Campbell A, Rubinstein A, Topolski N, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Kovács E, Blumberg H, Richards J, Williams A, Wemmie J, Magnotta V, Fiedorowicz J, Gaine M, Walss-Bass C, Quevedo J, Soares J, Fries G. Blood epigenome-wide association studies of suicide attempt in adults with bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 70. PMID: 38296944, PMCID: PMC10831084, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02760-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBipolar DisorderDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansSuicide, AttemptedConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesDifferentially methylated regionsDifferentially methylated positionsAssociation studiesCo-methylation network analysisBipolar disorderDNA methylation patternsSuicide attemptsReplication cohortHistory of SAGene ontology analysisSignificant CpG sitesMethylation patternsDNA methylationCpG sitesOntology analysisImmune-related genesEnrichment analysisNon-psychiatric controlsCalcium signalingGenesDNAClinical interviewSA historyNetwork analysis