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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2018

In major affective disorders, early life trauma predict increased nitro-oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation and recurrence of major affective disorders, suicidal behaviors and a lowered quality of life.

Juliana Brum Moraes, Michael Maes, Chutima Roomruangwong, Kamila Landucci Bonifacio, Decio Sabbatini Barbosa, Heber Odebrecht Vargas, George Anderson, Marta Kubera, Andre F Carvalho, Sandra Odebrecht Vargas Nunes

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05803447 (Analysis of Parameters Indicating the Intensity of Suicidal Behavior in Patients Suffering From Depression and Schizophrenia), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05803447 completednot on this map

Analysis of Parameters Indicating the Intensity of Suicidal Behavior in Patients Suffering From Depression and Schizophrenia

TypeobservationalSponsorMedical University of BialystokRan2016 to 2019Enrolled120ConditionsSuicidal Behaviour, Cognitive Functions ConfusionArmsInterview questionnaire, biochemical parameters, cognitive function
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Associations between childhood maltreatment and oxidative nucleoside damage in affective disorders.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 6 countries.

Juliana Brum MoraesHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil.
Michael MaesHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil. dr.michaelmaes@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-871X
Chutima RoomruangwongDepartment of Psychiatry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kamila Landucci BonifacioHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil.
Decio Sabbatini BarbosaHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil.
Heber Odebrecht VargasHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil.
George AndersonCRC Scotland & London, London, UK.
Marta KuberaDepartment of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Andre F CarvalhoDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Sandra Odebrecht Vargas NunesHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Av. Robert Koch 60, Londrina, PR, 86035-380, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Londrina · BRChulalongkorn University · THMaj Institute of Pharmacology · PLUniversidade de Fortaleza · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early life trauma (ELT) may increase the risk towards bipolar disorder (BD) and major depression (MDD), disorders associated with activated neuro-oxidative and neuro-nitrosative stress (O&NS) pathways. It has remained elusive whether ELTs are associated with O&NS and which ELTs are associated with distinct affective disorder phenotypes. This case-control study examined patients with BD (n = 68) and MDD (n = 37) and healthy controls (n = 66). The Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was used to assess specific ELT. We measured malondialdehyde (MDA), lipid hydroperoxides (LOOH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP); NO metabolites (NOx), paraoxonase 1 activity, zinc, albumin, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and -SH groups and computed z-unit weighted composite scores. Physical neglect significantly predicts higher z-unit weighted composite scores of LOOH+SOD, LOOH+SOD+NOx, LOOH+SOD+NOx + MDA and LOOH+SOD+NOx + AOPP. Sexual abuse was associated with a significantly lower composite score of zinc+albumin+SH. Emotional abuse was associated with severity of depression and anxiety, number of depressive and manic episodes, alcohol and hypnotics use, lifetime suicidal behavior and lowered quality of life. Sexual abuse was associated with an increased risk towards BD, but not MDD. ELT, especially physical neglect, may drive increased (nitro-)oxidative stress coupled with lipid and protein oxidation, which - together with emotional abuse - may play a role in severity of illness, lowered quality of life and MDD. ELTs are also associated with the onset of BD, but this link did not appear to be related to activated O&NS pathways. These novel findings deserve confirmation in prospective studies.

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AdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseBipolar DisorderCase-Control StudiesCatalaseCross-Sectional StudiesDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansLipid PeroxidationMaleMalondialdehydeMiddle AgedNitrosationOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressCatalaseMalondialdehydeSuperoxide DismutaseAntioxidantsBipolar disorderChild abuseDepressive disorderOxidative stressSuicide

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