Epigenetics and depression

S Penner-Goeke, EB Binder - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The risk for major depression is both genetically and environmentally determined. It has
been proposed that epigenetic mechanisms could mediate the lasting increases in …

[HTML][HTML] The retinal pigmentation pathway in human albinism: Not so black and white

R Bakker, EL Wagstaff, CC Kruijt, E Emri… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Albinism is a pigment disorder affecting eye, skin and/or hair. Patients usually have
decreased melanin in affected tissues and suffer from severe visual abnormalities, including …

[HTML][HTML] Very-long-chain fatty acids are crucial to neuronal polarity by providing sphingolipids to lipid rafts

A Honda, M Nozumi, Y Ito, R Natsume, A Kawasaki… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Fatty acids have long been considered essential to brain development; however, the
involvement of their synthesis in nervous system formation is unclear. We generate mice …

Genetic variants in m6A modification genes are associated with colorectal cancer risk

Y Meng, S Li, D Gu, K Xu, M Du, L Zhu, H Chu… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays important regulatory roles in
gene expression, cancer occurrence and metastasis. Herein, we aimed to explore the …

[HTML][HTML] TIAM2 Contributes to Osimertinib Resistance, Cell Motility, and Tumor-Associated Macrophage M2-like Polarization in Lung Adenocarcinoma

L Liang, H He, S Jiang, Y Liu, J Huang, X Sun… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Osimertinib-based therapy effectively improves the prognosis of lung
adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations. However …

Methylome-wide association findings for major depressive disorder overlap in blood and brain and replicate in independent brain samples

KA Aberg, B Dean, AA Shabalin, RF Chan… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
We present the first large-scale methylome-wide association studies (MWAS) for major
depressive disorder (MDD) to identify sites of potential importance for MDD etiology. Using a …

Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of neurodevelopment by miR-124

X Gu, X Xu, C Jia, J Wang, J Zhang, Q Gao… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract miR-124 is a miRNA predominantly expressed in the nervous system and accounts
for more than a quarter of the total miRNAs in the brain. It regulates neurogenesis, neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Post-surgical peritoneal scarring and key molecular mechanisms

SE Herrick, B Wilm - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Post-surgical adhesions are internal scar tissue and a major health and economic burden.
Adhesions affect and involve the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity, which consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Growth cone phosphoproteomics reveals that GAP-43 phosphorylated by JNK is a marker of axon growth and regeneration

A Kawasaki, M Okada, A Tamada, S Okuda, M Nozumi… - Iscience, 2018 - cell.com
Neuronal growth cones are essential for nerve growth and regeneration, as well as for the
formation and rearrangement of the neural network. To elucidate phosphorylation …

[HTML][HTML] The RUFYs, a family of effector proteins involved in intracellular trafficking and cytoskeleton dynamics

R Char, P Pierre - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intracellular trafficking is essential for cell structure and function. In order to perform key
tasks such as phagocytosis, secretion or migration, cells must coordinate their intracellular …