Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29881923›Full record

ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2018

Gene-environment interaction of monoamine oxidase A in relation to antisocial behaviour: current and future directions.

Kent W Nilsson, Cecilia Åslund, Erika Comasco, Lars Oreland

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Cells · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Type A monoamine oxidase; its unique role in mood, behavior and neurodegeneration.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025
    Review
  3. Differential susceptibility effects of theFrontiers in psychiatry · 2025
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Single-Dose of Testosterone and theFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2020
    Article
  14. Catechol-Frontiers in psychology · 2020
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kent W NilssonCentre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden. kent.nilsson@ltv.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8853-2508
Cecilia ÅslundCentre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden.
Erika ComascoDepartment of Neuroscience, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Lars OrelandDepartment of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the pioneering finding of Caspi and co-workers in 2002 that exposure to childhood maltreatment predicted later antisocial behaviour (ASB) in male carriers of the low-activity MAOA-uVNTR allele, frequent replication studies have been published. Two meta-analyses, one in 2006 and the other in 2014, confirmed the original findings by Caspi and co-workers. In the present paper, we review the literature, note some methodological aspects of candidate gene-environment interaction (cG×E) studies and suggest some future directions. Our conclusions are as follows. (1) The direction of the effect in a cG×E model may differ according to the positive and negative environmental background of the population. (2) There is a predictor-intersection problem such that when measuring one type of maltreatment in a person, other kinds of maltreatment often co-occur. Other forms of abuse are implicitly considered in statistical models; therefore, it is difficult to draw conclusions about the effects of timing and the severity of different forms of stressful life events in relation to ASB. (3) There is also an outcome-intersection problem because of the major intersection of ASB and other forms of mental health problems. It is likely that the G×E with MAOA is related to a common unmeasured factor. (4) For the G×E model, in which the effect of the gene on the outcome variable is dependent on other predictor variables, theoretically, hypothesis-driven statistical modelling is needed.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single NucleotideSocial EnvironmentAllelesAntisocial Personality DisorderGene-Environment InteractionGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansJuvenile DelinquencyMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine OxidaseAntisocial personality disorderBrunner syndromeConduct disorderGene–environment interactionGenetic association studiesGenetic susceptibilityJuvenile delinquencyMonoamine oxidase AReview

Identifiers

PMID29881923
PMCPMC6224008

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.