Stress sensitization to depression following childhood adversity: Moderation by HPA axis and serotonergic multilocus profile scores

LR Starr, CB Stroud, ZA Shaw… - Development and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Childhood adversity appears to sensitize youth to stress, increasing depression risk
following stressful life events occurring throughout the lifespan. Some evidence suggests …

HPA-axis multilocus genetic variation moderates associations between environmental stress and depressive symptoms among adolescents

LR Starr, M Huang - Development and psychopathology, 2019 - cambridge.org
Research suggests that genetic variants linked to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis
functioning moderate the association between environmental stressors and depression, but …

The effects of childhood maltreatment, recent interpersonal and noninterpersonal stress, and HPA-axis multilocus genetic variation on prospective changes in …

K Sun, C Cao - Development and psychopathology, 2024 - cambridge.org
Based on a multiwave, two-year prospective design, this study is the first to examine the
extent to which multilocus hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis)-related genetic …

Interpersonal childhood adversity and stress generation in adolescence: Moderation by HPA axis multilocus genetic variation

M Huang, LR Starr - Development and psychopathology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Research suggests that childhood adversity (CA) is associated with a wide range of
repercussions, including an increased likelihood of interpersonal stress generation. This …

Childhood maltreatment, multilocus HPA-axis genetic variation and adolescent comorbidity profiles of depressive and anxiety symptoms

C Cao, M Chen, S Yang, Y Xu, J Gu - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Despite a growing body of evidence showing both genetic and environmental
influences on adolescent depression and anxiety, the involved comorbid mechanisms …

Mechanisms of gene–environment interactions in depression: evidence that genes potentiate multiple sources of adversity

M Wichers, D Schrijvers, N Geschwind… - Psychological …, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPrevious work suggests that daily life stress-sensitivity may be an intermediary
phenotype associated with both genetic risk for depression and developmental stress …

Serotonergic multilocus genetic variation moderates the association between major interpersonal stress and adolescent depressive symptoms: Replication and …

LR Starr, S Vrshek-Schallhorn, CB Stroud - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Serotonin-linked genetic risk and stressful life event (SLE) interaction research has been
criticized for using single genetic variants with inconsistent replicability. A recent study …

Associations between depression-relevant genetic risk and youth stress exposure: Evidence of gene–environment correlations.

C Feurer, JE McGeary, LA Brick, VS Knopik… - … and clinical science, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Familial risk for depression is associated with youth exposure to self-generated dependent
stressful life events and independent events that are out of youth's control. Familial risk …

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis genetic variation and early stress moderates amygdala function

CR Di Iorio, CE Carey, LJ Michalski… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Early life stress may precipitate psychopathology, at least in part, by influencing amygdala
function. Converging evidence across species suggests that links between childhood stress …

Disentangling gene‐environment correlations and interactions on adolescent depressive symptoms

JYF Lau, TC Eley - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Genetic risks for depression may be expressed through greater exposure
towards environmental stressors (gene–environment correlation, rGE) and increased …