[HTML][HTML] Estrogens in schizophrenia: progress, current challenges and opportunities

BA Brand, JN de Boer, IEC Sommer - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The past years have established the importance of estrogens in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia and have shown its relevance to clinical practice through its influence on …

[HTML][HTML] A growing understanding of the role of muscarinic receptors in the molecular pathology and treatment of schizophrenia

B Dean, G Bakker, HR Ueda, AB Tobin… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pre-clinical models, postmortem and neuroimaging studies all support a role for muscarinic
receptors in the molecular pathology of schizophrenia. From these data it was proposed that …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and epigenetic regulation of Catechol-O-methyltransferase in relation to inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia

A Polli, J Hendrix, K Ickmans, J Bakusic… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has been shown to influence
clinical pain, descending modulation, and exercise-induced symptom worsening. COMT …

Muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors: Hypothesis driven drug development for schizophrenia

B Dean, E Scarr - Psychiatry research, 2020 - Elsevier
The finding that the drug KarXT, a formulation of xanomeline and tropsium which targets
muscarinic receptors, has given a positive result in reducing the positive and negative …

Insights into S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferase related diseases and genetic polymorphisms

J Li, C Sun, W Cai, J Li, BP Rosen, J Chen - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enzymatic methylation catalyzed by methyltransferases has a significant impact on many
human biochemical reactions. As the second most ubiquitous cofactor in humans, S …

Boosting caffeic acid performance as antioxidant and monoamine oxidase B/catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor

D Chavarria, S Benfeito, P Soares, C Lima… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased oxidative stress (OS) and depletion of nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) are closely
linked to the neurodegeneration observed in Parkinson's Disease (PD). Caffeic acid (CA) …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in cortical gene expression in the muscarinic M1 receptor knockout mouse: potential relevance to schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and cognition

B Dean, E Scarr - npj Schizophrenia, 2021 - nature.com
Postmortem and neuroimaging studies show low levels of cortical muscarinic M1 receptors
(CHRM1) in patients with schizophrenia which is significant because CHRM signalling has …

Associations between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotypes at rs4818 and rs4680 and gene expression in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

B Dean, GM Parkin, AS Gibbons - Experimental Brain Research, 2020 - Springer
Having reported associations between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotypes at
SNPs rs4818 and rs4680 with levels of soluble COMT (S-COMT) in human dorsolateral …

A preliminary study on the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms and methylation of dopamine system‐related genes with psychotic symptoms in patients …

T Fang, MN Liu, MQ Liu, XY Tian… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Methamphetamine use disorder (MAUD) can substantially jeopardize public security due to
its high‐risk social psychology and behaviour. Given that the dopamine reward system is …

Evidence that a working memory cognitive phenotype within schizophrenia has a unique underlying biology.

B Dean, EHX Thomas, K Bozaoglu, EJ Tan… - Psychiatry …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is suggested studying phenotypes within the syndrome of schizophrenia will accelerate
understanding the complex molecular pathology of the disorder. Supporting this hypothesis …