2024
Multi-omics profiling of DNA methylation and gene expression alterations in human cocaine use disorder
Zillich E, Belschner H, Avetyan D, Andrade-Brito D, Martínez-Magaña J, Frank J, Mechawar N, Turecki G, Cabana-Domínguez J, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Cormand B, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Nöthen M, Hansson A, Rietschel M, Spanagel R, Witt S, Zillich L. Multi-omics profiling of DNA methylation and gene expression alterations in human cocaine use disorder. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 428. PMID: 39384764, PMCID: PMC11464785, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03139-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderUse disorderAlternative splicingHuman prefrontal cortexProfiling of DNA methylationBrodmann area 9Differential alternative splicingDeregulated biological processesPostmortem brain tissueMulti-omics approachCocaine intakeMulti-omics studiesPrefrontal cortexBrain alterationsMulti-omics profilingGene expression alterationsArea 9Fatty acid metabolismReceptor-targeting drugsSpliced transcriptsEpigenome-wideDNA methylationNeuronal morphogenesisAS changesDrug repositioning analysis
2023
Profiling neuronal methylome and hydroxymethylome of opioid use disorder in the human orbitofrontal cortex
Rompala G, Nagamatsu S, Martínez-Magaña J, Nuñez-Ríos D, Wang J, Girgenti M, Krystal J, Gelernter J, Hurd Y, Montalvo-Ortiz J. Profiling neuronal methylome and hydroxymethylome of opioid use disorder in the human orbitofrontal cortex. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 4544. PMID: 37507366, PMCID: PMC10382503, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40285-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderMulti-omics findingsGene expression patternsCo-methylation analysisGene expression profilesMulti-omics profilingGene networksDNA methylationNeuronal methylomesDNA hydroxymethylationMethylomic analysisExpression patternsExpression profilesEpigenetic disturbancesUse disordersPsychiatric traitsOrbitofrontal cortexOpioid-related drugsPostmortem orbitofrontal cortexEnvironmental factorsDrug interaction analysisOUD treatmentHuman orbitofrontal cortexOpioid signalingInteraction analysis