Project description:It is well-known that between 40 and 50% of patients taking antidepressants do not respond to treatment or relapse. Genome wide gene expression studies can help us to understand better the response to antidepressants, revealing the effects of both genetic background and environmental/epigenetic factors. We used microarrays to detail the response to Fluoxetine in children and adolescents, analysing the expression just before intake of drug and 8 weeks after starting the treatment.
Project description:The goal of this observational population-based cohort study is to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children and adolescents with primary gastrointestinal malignancies registered in the publicly available Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 17 database during 2000-2019.
Project description:This study included whole-genome DNA methylation data from 64 whole-blood samples from patients recruited from the Hospital Psiquiatrico Infantil Juan N. Navarro in Mexico City. The project explored epigenetic changes associated with eating disorders in children and adolescents from a Mexican population.
Project description:Fifty-six children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes at least one year after diagnosis, aged 6-17 years old and fifty-six healthy age- and sex-matched subjects were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Tear samples were collected using Schirmer strips placed on the lower eyelid. The proteomic analysis was based on a detergent-assisted protein extraction and their digestion from the tears, analysis of the tryptic peptides with LC-MS/ enabling the identification, and quantification of the Shirmer strip protein content via DIA-NN, and subsequently the statistical and bioinformatic analysis using the R and Metascape enrichment analysis tool.
Project description:The gene expression patterns in the dentate gyrus of wild-type mice treated with fluoxetine (15 mg/kg/day for 3 weeks) or vehicle were examined using Affymetrix GeneChip arrays.
Project description:The gene expression patterns in the medial prefrontal cortex of wild-type mice treated with fluoxetine (15 mg/kg/day for 3 weeks) or vehicle were examined using Affymetrix GeneChip arrays.
Project description:Regular physical activity (PA) is essential for children's health, and cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness are also key indicators of health status. However, their assessment remains challenging in routine clinical practice. Emerging biomarkers such as microRNAs (miRNAs, miRs) may offer a reliable alternative. This study aimed to characterize circulating miRNA profiles in children across different weight categories and to evaluate their potential as biomarkers of PA amount and intensity, as well as predictors of cardiovascular and muscular fitness levels. Lower levels of physical activity among children with overweight or obesity were found than among children of normal weight. Correlations between plasma levels of 389 miRNAs and physical activity and muscular fitness parameters were analyzed in 84 children. Among them, 34 were positively or negatively correlated with the jump distance; 11 were positively correlated with the vigorous physical activity time (total or mean daily), and one with the moderate-to-vigorous PA time. Multivariate analysis revealed that vigorous physical activity was independently associated with the levels of two miRNAs, hsa-miR-1275 and hsa-miR-499a-5p. Our findings support the hypothesis that microRNAs hsa-miR-1275 and hsa-miR-499a-5p serve as biomarkers of vigorous physical activity and may act as molecular mediators in regulatory pathways involved in metabolic and endocrine homeostasis. Moreover, Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) have recently gained attention as potential biomarkers and regulators of cardiometabolic health, notably piRNAs, which are recognized for their functions beyond genome protection in germ cells. Emerging evidence suggests that exercise can modulate circulating sncRNAs expression. This study aimed to investigate the associations between physical activity, weight status, and circulating piRNA levels in children, and to identify piRNAs associated with physical fitness, physical activity intensity and cardiometabolic health. Lower levels of physical activity among children with overweight or obesity were found compared to normal-weight children. Associations between plasma levels of 171 piRNAs, physical activity and muscular fitness parameters were analyzed in 84 children. 6 were positively or negatively correlated with the jump distance; 3 were positively correlated with the vigorous physical activity time, and 14 were negatively correlated with VO2 max/kg. Multivariate analysis revealed that vigorous physical activity was independently associated with two piRNAs plasma levels, hsa-piR-28192 and hsa-piR-32869. This is the first study which identify circulating piRNAs associated with habitual physical activity in children. These findings highlight the potential of piRNAs as novel biomarkers of exercise exposure and cardiometabolic health.
Project description:Outcome of paediatric B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (B-NHL) has significantly improved in the last decades due to risk adapted strategies and the addition of immunotherapy, (survival >90%). However, limited progress has been achieved in relapsed patients, mostly Burkitt lymphoma (<30%). Validation of prognostic biomarkers to identify candidates to novel therapies is imperative. This retrospective study reports on clinical and therapeutic data of 46 children and adolescents with relapsed B-NHL, including integrative molecular data of 16 (35%) cases. TP53 alterations were identified in 10 (60%) patients which were associated with worse outcome. Our data support the focus on TP53 as a potential biomarker.