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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2018

Metabolic/inflammatory/vascular comorbidity in psychiatric disorders; soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) as a possible new target.

W Swardfager, M Hennebelle, D Yu, B D Hammock, A J Levitt, K Hashimoto, A Y Taha

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

W SwardfagerHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; University Health Network Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: w.swardfager@utoronto.ca.
M HennebelleDepartment of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
D YuHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
B D HammockDepartment of Entomology and Nematology and Comprehensive Cancer Center UCDMC, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
A J LevittHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
K HashimotoDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
A Y TahaDepartment of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
University of California, Davis · USSunnybrook Research InstituteCenter for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba University · JPToronto Rehabilitation Institute · CA

Funding

HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES IN THE METABOLISM OF TOXINSR01ES002710 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI HAMMOCK, BRUCE D · 1985 to 2018
$4.0M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES002710
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The common and severe psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD), are associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and changes in peripheral and brain lipid metabolism. Those pathways are implicated in the premature development of vascular and metabolic comorbidities, which account for considerable morbidity and mortality, including increased dementia risk. During endoplasmic reticulum stress, the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) enzyme converts anti-inflammatory fatty acid epoxides generated by cytochrome p450 enzymes into their corresponding and generally less anti-inflammatory, or even pro-inflammatory, diols, slowing the resolution of inflammation. The sEH enzyme and its oxylipin products are elevated post-mortem in MDD, BD and schizophrenia. Preliminary clinical data suggest that oxylipins increase with symptoms in seasonal MDD and anorexia nervosa, requiring confirmation in larger studies and other cohorts. In rats, a soluble sEH inhibitor mitigated the development of depressive-like behaviors. We discuss sEH inhibitors under development for cardiovascular diseases, post-ischemic brain injury, neuropathic pain and diabetes, suggesting new possibilities to address the mood and cognitive symptoms of psychiatric disorders, and their most common comorbidities.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsComorbidityEpoxide HydrolasesHumansInflammationMental DisordersOxidative StressVascular DiseasesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsEpoxide HydrolasesDementiaDepressionDiabetesDrug developmentER stressHeart diseaseInflammasomeLipidomicsMetabolismMitochondrial dysfunctionNeurodegenerationNeuroprogressionNLRP3ObesityOmega-3 fatty acidsSoluble epoxide hydrolaseStroke

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PMID29407524
PMCPMC5860823
OpenAlexW2789124288

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