DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations

PD Yousefi, M Suderman, R Langdon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation data have become a valuable source of information for biomarker
development, because, unlike static genetic risk estimates, DNA methylation varies …

Linking environmental risk factors with epigenetic mechanisms in Parkinson's disease

M Tsalenchuk, SM Gentleman, SJ Marzi - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, with a
complex risk structure thought to be influenced by interactions between genetic variants and …

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 …

Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS

PJ Hop, RAJ Zwamborn, E Hannon… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with an estimated
heritability between 40 and 50%. DNA methylation patterns can serve as proxies of (past) …

The DNA methylation in neurological diseases

S Younesian, AM Yousefi, M Momeny, SH Ghaffari… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is critical for the normal development and functioning of the human brain,
such as the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells, synaptic plasticity, neuronal …

A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: candidate gene and epigenome-wide approaches

SH Parade, L Huffhines, TE Daniels, LR Stroud… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood maltreatment is a major risk factor for chronic and severe mental and physical
health problems across the lifespan. Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: A systematic review

CAM Cecil, Y Zhang, T Nolte - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA methylation (DNAm)–an epigenetic process that regulates gene expression–may
represent a mechanism for the biological embedding of early traumatic experiences …

Epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: a systematic review of empirical human findings

L Smigielski, V Jagannath, W Rössler, S Walitza… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are highly debilitating psychiatric conditions
that lack a clear etiology and exhibit polygenic inheritance underlain by pleiotropic genes …

Detection of diagnostic and prognostic methylation-based signatures in liquid biopsy specimens from patients with meningiomas

GA Herrgott, JM Snyder, R She, TM Malta… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrence of meningiomas is unpredictable by current invasive methods based on
surgically removed specimens. Identification of patients likely to recur using noninvasive …

Epigenetic regulation in major depression and other stress-related disorders: molecular mechanisms, clinical relevance and therapeutic potential

M Yuan, B Yang, G Rothschild, JJ Mann… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, generally episodic and debilitating disease
that affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide, but its pathogenesis is poorly …