Pathways of polyunsaturated fatty acid utilization: implications for brain function in neuropsychiatric health and disease

JJ Liu, P Green, JJ Mann, SI Rapoport, ME Sublette - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have profound effects on brain development
and function. Abnormalities of PUFA status have been implicated in neuropsychiatric …

Depression and serum low-density lipoprotein: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JE Persons, JG Fiedorowicz - Journal of affective disorders, 2016 - Elsevier
Background A cross-sectional association between depression and serum low-density
lipoprotein (LDL) has been noted in the literature. This study aims to employ meta-analytic …

How lipids may affect risk for suicidal behavior

FM Daray, JJ Mann, ME Sublette - Journal of psychiatric research, 2018 - Elsevier
Suicide and nonfatal suicidal behaviors are major causes of mortality and morbidity
worldwide. Variability in rates of suicide and suicidal behaviors within and between …

Causal relationships between blood lipids and depression phenotypes: a Mendelian randomisation analysis

HC So, CK Chau, Y Cheng, PC Sham - Psychological Medicine, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe etiology of depression remains poorly understood. Changes in blood lipid
levels were reported to be associated with depression and suicide, however study findings …

Irving Page Lecture: 5-HT2A serotonin receptor biology: Interacting proteins, kinases and paradoxical regulation

BL Roth - Neuropharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
5-hydroxytryptamine2A (5-HT2A) serotonin receptors are important pharmacological targets
for a large number of central nervous system and peripheral serotonergic medications. In …

Regulation of monoamine transporters and receptors by lipid microdomains: implications for depression

JJ Liu, A Hezghia, SR Shaikh, JF Cenido… - …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Lipid microdomains (“rafts”) are dynamic, nanoscale regions of the plasma
membrane enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids, that possess distinctive …

Serotonin Signaling through Lipid Membranes

LS Kalinichenko, J Kornhuber, S Sinning… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Serotonin (5-HT) is a vital modulatory neurotransmitter responsible for regulating most
behaviors in the brain. An inefficient 5-HT synaptic function is often linked to various mental …

G protein-coupled receptors as targets for transformative neuropsychiatric therapeutics

GP Schmitz, BL Roth - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of druggable genes in the
human genome. Even though perhaps 30% of approved medications target GPCRs, they …

Lipids and suicide risk

ME Sublette - Behavioral Neurobiology of Suicide and Self Harm, 2020 - Springer
In the search for biomarkers and modifiable risk factors for suicide, lipid status has garnered
considerable interest, although the lipid-suicide connection is not without controversy. Major …

Vascular smooth muscle cell glycocalyx mediates shear stress-induced contractile responses via a Rho kinase (ROCK)-myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) …

H Kang, J Liu, A Sun, X Liu, Y Fan, X Deng - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are exposed to interstitial flow induced shear
stress that may be sensed by the surface glycocalyx, a surface layer composed primarily of …