2021
Brain areas involved with obsessive-compulsive disorder present different DNA methylation modulation
de Oliveira K, Camilo C, Gastaldi V, Sant’Anna Feltrin A, Lisboa B, de Jesus Rodrigues de Paula V, Moretto A, Lafer B, Hoexter M, Miguel E, Maschietto M, Brentani H. Brain areas involved with obsessive-compulsive disorder present different DNA methylation modulation. BMC Genomic Data 2021, 22: 45. PMID: 34717534, PMCID: PMC8557022, DOI: 10.1186/s12863-021-00993-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene modulesMethylation changesBrain areasCpG sitesProtein-protein interaction networkDNA methylation modulationCommon transcriptional factorsDNA methylation changesSpecific signaling pathwaysGene expression dataOCD patientsPost-mortem brain tissueEpigenetic mechanismsInteraction networksMethylation modulationHypomethylation patternTranscriptional factorsEnvironmental risk factorsGene expressionBiological processesBackgroundObsessive–compulsive disorderSignaling pathwaysExpression dataG proteinsRisk factors
2016
Association of serum interleukin-6 with mental health problems in children exposed to perinatal complications and social disadvantage
Mansur R, Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Rizzo L, Grassi-Oliveira R, Levandowski M, Gadelha A, Pan P, Teixeira A, McIntyre R, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Brietzke E. Association of serum interleukin-6 with mental health problems in children exposed to perinatal complications and social disadvantage. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016, 71: 94-101. PMID: 27258821, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental mood disorderMental health problemsSerum interleukin-6Interleukin-6Perinatal complicationsEnvironmental risk factorsHealth problemsRisk factorsSerum levelsPsychiatric diagnosisParents' psychiatric diagnosisHigher serum levelsHigh Risk Cohort StudyMultiple risk factorsSocial disadvantageCohort studySystemic inflammationSocio-demographic characteristicsInflammatory activationMood disordersPsychiatric disordersDisorder pathogenesisComplicationsFamilial riskCumulative risk model
2010
Effects of childhood development on late-life mental disorders
Salum G, Polanczyk G, Miguel E, Rohde L. Effects of childhood development on late-life mental disorders. Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2010, 23: 498-503. PMID: 20733493, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0b013e32833ead33.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate-life mental disordersMental disordersCentral nervous systemEnvironmental risk factorsChildhood developmentMental health trajectoriesPreventive intervention strategiesRisk factorsAtypical neurodevelopmentNervous systemPreventive interventionsHomotypic continuityHealth trajectoriesIntervention strategiesDisordersPsychiatric phenotypesCurrent findingsRecent findingsChildhoodAdulthoodUrgent needFindings documentNeurodevelopmentFindings