An astroglial basis of major depressive disorder? An overview

Q Wang, W Jie, JH Liu, JM Yang, TM Gao - Glia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Depression is a chronic, recurring, and serious mood disorder that afflicts up to 20% of the
global population. The monoamine hypothesis has dominated our understanding of the …

The roles of peroxiredoxin 6 in brain diseases

J Liao, Y Zhang, X Chen, J Zhang - Molecular neurobiology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6), the only mammalian 1-Cys member of the
peroxiredoxins (PRDXs) family, has multiple functions of glutathione peroxidase (Gpx) …

Density of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes is decreased in left hippocampi in major depressive disorder

JA Cobb, K O'Neill, J Milner, GJ Mahajan, TJ Lawrence… - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging and postmortem studies of subjects with major depressive disorder (MDD)
reveal smaller hippocampal volume with lengthening duration of illness. Pathology in …

Discovery and validation of blood biomarkers for suicidality

H Le-Niculescu, DF Levey, M Ayalew, L Palmer… - Molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
Suicides are a leading cause of death in psychiatric patients, and in society at large.
Developing more quantitative and objective ways (biomarkers) for predicting and tracking …

Glial fibrillary acidic protein is differentially expressed across cortical and subcortical regions in healthy brains and downregulated in the thalamus and caudate …

SG Torres-Platas, C Nagy, M Wakid, G Turecki… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence to suggest aberrant astrocytic function in depression and
suicide. Independent studies have reported astrocytic abnormalities in certain brain regions …

Resting-state functional connectivity of the amygdala in suicide attempters with major depressive disorder

SG Kang, KS Na, JW Choi, JH Kim, YD Son… - Progress in neuro …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the difference in resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) of
the amygdala between suicide attempters and non-suicide attempters with major depressive …

Prefrontal alterations in GABAergic and glutamatergic gene expression in relation to depression and suicide

J Zhao, RWH Verwer, SF Gao, XR Qi… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2018 - Elsevier
People that committed suicide were reported to have enhanced levels of gene transcripts for
synaptic proteins in their prefrontal cortex (PFC). Given the close association of suicide with …

Towards understanding and predicting suicidality in women: biomarkers and clinical risk assessment

DF Levey, EM Niculescu, H Le-Niculescu… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Women are under-represented in research on suicidality to date. Although women have a
lower rate of suicide completion than men, due in part to the less-violent methods used, they …

N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids promote astrocyte differentiation and neurotrophin production independent of cAMP in patient-derived neural stem cells

JZ Yu, J Wang, SD Sheridan, RH Perlis… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies, as well as randomized placebo-
controlled trials, suggests supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) …

Genome-wide significant regions in 43 Utah high-risk families implicate multiple genes involved in risk for completed suicide

H Coon, TM Darlington, E DiBlasi, WB Callor… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Although environment has
undeniable impact, evidence suggests that genetic factors play a significant role in …