Epigenetic modifications in frontal cortex from Alzheimer's disease and bipolar disorder patients

JS Rao, VL Keleshian, S Klein, SI Rapoport - Translational psychiatry, 2012 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are progressive brain disorders.
Upregulated mRNA and protein levels of neuroinflammatory and arachidonic acid (AA) …

Gene expression analysis of bipolar disorder reveals downregulation of the ubiquitin cycle and alterations in synaptic genes

MM Ryan, HE Lockstone, SJ Huffaker… - Molecular …, 2006 - nature.com
Bipolar affective disorder is a severe psychiatric disorder with a strong genetic component
but unknown pathophysiology. We used microarray technology to determine the expression …

Gene expression differences in bipolar disorder revealed by cDNA array analysis of post‐mortem frontal cortex

YB Bezchlibnyk, JF Wang, GM McQueen… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have implicated a number of biochemical pathways in the etiology of
bipolar disorder (BD). However, the precise abnormalities underlying this disorder remain to …

Disease-and age-related changes in histone acetylation at gene promoters in psychiatric disorders

B Tang, B Dean, EA Thomas - Translational psychiatry, 2011 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests that epigenetic factors have critical roles in gene regulation in
neuropsychiatric disorders and in aging, both of which are typically associated with a wide …

Increased excitotoxicity and neuroinflammatory markers in postmortem frontal cortex from bipolar disorder patients

JS Rao, GJ Harry, SI Rapoport, HW Kim - Molecular psychiatry, 2010 - nature.com
Reports of cognitive decline, symptom worsening and brain atrophy in bipolar disorder (BD)
suggest that the disease progresses over time. The worsening neuropathology may involve …

Decreased DNA methylation at promoters and gene-specific neuronal hypermethylation in the prefrontal cortex of patients with bipolar disorder

M Bundo, J Ueda, Y Nakachi, K Kasai, T Kato… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by repeated mood swings.
Although genetic factors are collectively associated with the etiology of BD, the underlying …

Molecular characterization of bipolar disorder by comparing gene expression profiles of postmortem brains of major mental disorders

K Iwamoto, C Kakiuchi, M Bundo, K Ikeda, T Kato - Molecular psychiatry, 2004 - nature.com
We performed the oligonucleotide microarray analysis in bipolar disorder, major depression,
schizophrenia, and control subjects using postmortem prefrontal cortices provided by the …

Dissecting bipolar disorder complexity through epigenomic approach

B Ludwig, Y Dwivedi - Molecular psychiatry, 2016 - nature.com
In recent years, numerous studies of gene regulation mechanisms have emerged in
neuroscience. Epigenetic modifications, described as heritable but reversible changes …

Accelerated hippocampal biological aging in bipolar disorder

GR Fries, IE Bauer, G Scaini, SS Valvassori… - Bipolar …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Evidence suggests accelerated aging mechanisms in bipolar disorder (BD),
including DNA methylation (DNAm) aging in blood. However, it is unknown whether such …

Epigenetic basis of mental illness

EJ Nestler, CJ Peña, M Kundakovic… - The …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Psychiatric disorders are complex multifactorial illnesses involving chronic alterations in
neural circuit structure and function as well as likely abnormalities in glial cells. While …