DNA methylation differences in stress-related genes, functional connectivity and gray matter volume in depressed and healthy adolescents

J Chiarella, L Schumann, FB Pomares, T Frodl… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Studies in adult depressed patients have indicated that altered DNA
methylation patterns at genes related to serotonin and HPA axis functioning (eg, SLC6A4 …

[HTML][HTML] Increased methylation of NR3C1 and SLC6A4 is associated with blunted cortisol reactivity to stress in major depression

J Bakusic, E Vrieze, M Ghosh, B Bekaert, S Claes… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Epigenetic changes are considered the main mechanisms behind the interplay
of environment and genetic susceptibility in major depressive disorder (MDD). However …

No association between peripheral serotonin-gene-related DNA methylation and brain serotonin neurotransmission in the healthy and depressed state

SEP Bruzzone, B Ozenne, PM Fisher, G Ortega… - Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Background Methylation of serotonin-related genes has been proposed as a plausible gene-
by-environment link which may mediate environmental stress, depressive and anxiety …

FKBP5 intron 7 methylation is associated with higher anxiety proneness and smaller right thalamus volume in adolescents

JS Womersley, S Roeh, L Martin… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Dysregulation of stress response systems may mediate the detrimental effects of childhood
trauma (CT) on mental health. FKBP5 regulates glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity and exerts …

Childhood trauma, DNA methylation of stress-related genes, and depression: findings from two monozygotic twin studies

H Peng, Y Zhu, E Strachan, E Fowler… - Psychosomatic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective DNA methylation has been associated with both early life stress and depression.
This study examined the combined association of DNA methylation at multiple CpG probes …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation of FKBP5 and SLC6A4 in relation to treatment response to mindfulness based stress reduction for posttraumatic stress disorder

JR Bishop, AM Lee, LJ Mills, PD Thuras, S Eum… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an effective non-pharmacologic treatment
for veterans with PTSD. Extensive work has identified epigenetic factors related to PTSD …

A review of DNA methylation in depression

D Chen, L Meng, F Pei, Y Zheng, J Leng - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
As one of the most common psychiatric disorders, depression has been a major public
health problem. Growing evidence suggests that epigenetic modification is essential in …

DNA methylation of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) is associated with brain function involved in processing emotional stimuli

T Frodl, M Szyf, A Carballedo, V Ly, S Dymov… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2015 - jpn.ca
Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of fMRI blood
oxygen–level dependent (BOLD) reactivity with the level of epigenetic methylation of …

DNA hypomethylation of the Krüppel-like factor 11 (KLF11) gene promoter: a putative biomarker of depression comorbidity in panic disorder and of non-anxious …

L Kollert, MA Schiele, C Thiel, A Menke… - Journal of Neural …, 2020 - Springer
Panic disorder (PD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders and often occurs
comorbidly with major depressive disorder (MDD). Altered methylation of the monoamine …

DNA methylation signatures of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly persons: meta-analysis of multiethnic epigenome-wide studies

OS Jovanova, I Nedeljkovic, D Spieler… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Depressive disorders arise from a combination of genetic and environmental risk
factors. Epigenetic disruption provides a plausible mechanism through which gene …