2022
Maternal distress, DNA methylation, and fetal programing of stress physiology in Brazilian mother–infant pairs
Wiley K, Camilo C, Gouveia G, Euclydes V, Panter‐Brick C, Matijasevich A, Ferraro A, Fracolli L, Chiesa A, Miguel E, Polanczyk G, Brentani H. Maternal distress, DNA methylation, and fetal programing of stress physiology in Brazilian mother–infant pairs. Developmental Psychobiology 2022, 65: e22352. PMID: 36567654, PMCID: PMC9792831, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal psychological distressLate pregnancyMaternal prenatal psychosocial stressMaternal hair cortisolMaternal prenatal psychological distressPrenatal psychosocial stressPsychological distressAdrenal axis functionInfants of mothersEvening salivary cortisolMother-infant pairsInfant DNA methylationMultivariable linear regressionHair cortisol concentrationsElevated anxiety symptomsAxis functionFetal programingEvening cortisolPregnant adolescentsMaternal distressPsychosocial stressCortisol concentrationsPregnancyHair cortisolSalivary cortisol
2017
Gene expression in blood of children and adolescents: Mediation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder
Spindola L, Pan P, Moretti P, Ota V, Santoro M, Cogo-Moreira H, Gadelha A, Salum G, Manfro G, Mari J, Brentani H, Grassi-Oliveira R, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Rohde L, Sato J, Bressan R, Belangero S. Gene expression in blood of children and adolescents: Mediation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2017, 92: 24-30. PMID: 28384542, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentChildChild AbuseCohort StudiesDepressive Disorder, MajorFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic TestingHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemInterleukin-1betaMaleModels, BiologicalPeptide FragmentsPituitary-Adrenal SystemReceptors, GlucocorticoidReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type IResidence CharacteristicsRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsMajor depressive disorderBlood of childrenDepressive disorderChildhood maltreatmentMDD diagnosisRole of glucocorticoidsWhole blood mRNA levelsCM historyGene expressionAdrenal axisIllness exposureHealthy controlsDepressive symptomsMDD groupLarger studyMRNA expressionMRNA levelsExpression levelsInflammationTNFChildrenDiagnosisBloodAdolescentsNR3C1