Astrocytic abnormalities and global DNA methylation patterns in depression and suicide

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-328

  Nagy, C ^a,b   Suderman, M ^b,c   Yang, J ^a   Szyf, M ^b,d   Mechawar, N ^a,b,e   Ernst, C ^a,e   Turecki, G ^a,b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 1 FAMILY MEMBER L1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN ENRICHED GUANYLATE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 30; DNA; GAP JUNCTION ALPHA 1 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC KAINATE 2; GUANYLATE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDH1L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CONNEXIN 43; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LGSN PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ASSAY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASTROCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNEXIN 43; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924696740     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.21     Document Type: Article

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