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 ResearchMeSH Keywords5-MethylcytosineAnalgesics, OpioidDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeHumansMaleNeuronsOpioid-Related DisordersPrefrontal CortexConceptsOpioid 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
2019
Exploratory analysis of genetic variants influencing molecular traits in cerebral cortex of suicide completers
Rodríguez‐López M, Martínez‐Magaña J, Cabrera‐Mendoza B, Genis‐Mendoza A, García‐Dolores F, López‐Armenta M, Flores G, Vázquez‐Roque R, Nicolini H. Exploratory analysis of genetic variants influencing molecular traits in cerebral cortex of suicide completers. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2019, 183: 26-37. PMID: 31418530, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression quantitative trait lociQuantitative trait lociTrait lociExpression of genesGene expressionGenetic variantsMethylation quantitative trait lociGene expression regulationExpression regulationCandidate genetic variantsDNA methylationMolecular traitsTranscription factorsEnhancer activityCell organizationRegulatory mechanismsGenetic factorsGenotype dataMultiple biological systemsLociGenesExpressionBiological systemsRegulationVariants