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Genomes and Genes
| E B BinderSummaryAffiliation: Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry Country: Germany Publications
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Peripheral blood gene expression: it all boils down to the RNA collection tubesAndreas Menke
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr, 10, D 80804 Munich, Germany
BMC Res Notes 5:1. 2012..abstract:..
Gene expression studies in major depressionDivya Mehta
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Curr Psychiatry Rep 12:135-44. 2010..Finally, we discuss possible new strategies for the gene expression studies in MD that circumvent some of the addressed issues...
A serotonin transporter gene polymorphism predicts peripartum depressive symptoms in an at-risk psychiatric cohortElisabeth B Binder
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Psychiatr Res 44:640-6. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate associations of the serotonin-transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype with peripartum MDD in an at-risk population...
The role of FKBP5, a co-chaperone of the glucocorticoid receptor in the pathogenesis and therapy of affective and anxiety disordersElisabeth B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:S186-95. 2009..In addition, they are also associated with faster response to antidepressant treatment. FKBP5 might thus be an interesting therapeutic target for the prevention and treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders...
Effects of neurotensin receptor antagonism on latent inhibition in Sprague-Dawley ratsElisabeth B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 161:288-95. 2002..A critical test of this hypothesis would be to determine if NT is involved in the expression of latent inhibition (LI), a psychophysiological and pharmacological model of schizophrenia...
HPA-axis regulation at in-patient admission is associated with antidepressant therapy outcome in male but not in female depressed patientsE B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, D80804 Munich, Germany
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:99-109. 2009..In male patients, a single measure of HPA-axis dysregulation at admission may serve as a predictor of response to antidepressant treatment in addition to the previously reported repeated measure of the Dex-CRH test...
Pharmacological and nonpharmacological factors influencing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis reactivity in acutely depressed psychiatric in-patients, measured by the Dex-CRH testH E Künzel
Department of Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:2169-78. 2003..Finally, more severe vegetative symptoms are associated with an enhanced HPA-axis activity...
Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatmentElisabeth B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Nat Genet 36:1319-25. 2004..These findings support a central role of genes regulating the HPA axis in the causality of depression and the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs...
Enhanced neurotensin neurotransmission is involved in the clinically relevant behavioral effects of antipsychotic drugs: evidence from animal models of sensorimotor gatingE B Binder
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
J Neurosci 21:601-8. 2001..These novel findings, together with previous observations, suggest that neurotensin receptor agonists may represent a novel class of antipsychotic drugs...
P2RX7, a gene coding for a purinergic ligand-gated ion channel, is associated with major depressive disorderSusanne Lucae
The Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Hum Mol Genet 15:2438-45. 2006..This polymorphism results in an amino acid exchange in the C-terminal cytosolic domain of the P2RX7 channel protein, suggesting that the observed P2RX7 polymorphism might play a causal role in the development of depression...
TMEM132D, a new candidate for anxiety phenotypes: evidence from human and mouse studiesA Erhardt
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munchen, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 16:647-63. 2011..TMEM132D may thus be an important new candidate gene for PD as well as more generally for anxiety-related behavior...
Variations in tryptophan hydroxylase 2 linked to decreased serotonergic activity are associated with elevated risk for metabolic syndrome in depressionS Kloiber
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 15:736-47. 2010..Identifying depressed patients at high risk for MetS using genetic variants could have direct clinical impact on individualized disease management and prevention strategies...
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome in a representative sample of depressed inpatients - findings from the Munich Antidepressant Response Signature (MARS) projectJohannes M Hennings
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 43:215-29. 2009..We demonstrated that this subgroup can be characterized by a set of demographic, clinical and neuroendocrine variables allowing to predict unfavorable outcome at an early stage of treatment...
Association of polymorphisms in genes regulating the corticotropin-releasing factor system with antidepressant treatment responseElisabeth B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:369-79. 2010..The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF, or corticotropin-releasing hormone) and arginine vasopressin systems have been implicated in the pathophysiology of anxiety and depressive disorders and response to antidepressant treatment...
A genomewide association study points to multiple loci that predict antidepressant drug treatment outcome in depressionMarcus Ising
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich 80804, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:966-75. 2009..Genetic factors and clinical characteristics contribute to the failure of a favorable treatment outcome...
The GABA transporter 1 (SLC6A1): a novel candidate gene for anxiety disordersC K Thoeringer
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
J Neural Transm 116:649-57. 2009..These data indicate a high load of genetic variance within SLC6A1 on pathological anxiety and highlight GAT-1 as a promising target for treatment of anxiety disorders with panic symptoms...
Association of FKBP5 polymorphisms and childhood abuse with risk of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adultsElisabeth B Binder
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
JAMA 299:1291-305. 2008..Both genetic and environmental factors are contributory, with child abuse providing significant risk liability...
Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system regulation and suicidal behavior in depressionAndrea Pfennig
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 57:336-42. 2005..So far data on the involvement of the HPA axis in the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior in depressed patients are controversial...
Association of a Met88Val diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) gene polymorphism and anxiety disorders with panic attacksChristoph K Thoeringer
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich 80804, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 41:579-84. 2007..43; 95% CI: 0.19-0.95). In conclusion, these results suggest a central role of DBI genetic variants in the susceptibility for the development of anxiety disorders that are characterized by the occurrence of panic attacks...
Impaired divided attention predicts delayed response and risk to relapse in subjects with depressive disordersM Majer
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Psychol Med 34:1453-63. 2004..Impaired divided attention capacity can be explained either by reduced attentional resources or impaired activation and/or top-down control of attentional resources by the central executive...
Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system in patients with panic disorderAngelika Erhardt
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:2515-22. 2006..However, differences in the suppression effects and psychopathological correlation patterns between depressed and panic patients suggest different biological mechanisms of HPA system dysregulation in both disorders...
ABCB1 (MDR1)-type P-glycoproteins at the blood-brain barrier modulate the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system: implications for affective disorderMarianne B Muller
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1991-9. 2003....
Polymorphisms in the serotonin receptor gene HTR2A are associated with quantitative traits in panic disorderPaul G Unschuld
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munchen, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:424-9. 2007..These results further underline a possible important role of genetic variations within the system controlling serotonergic neurotransmission for the development and course of disease in PD...
Polymorphisms in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene are associated with unipolar depression, ACE activity and hypercortisolismT C Baghai
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 11:1003-15. 2006..We could show that SNP rs4291 influences ACE activity and HPA-axis hyperactivity and might therefore represent a common pathophysiologic link for unipolar depression and cardiovascular disease...
Neurotensin and dopamine interactionsE B Binder
Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1639 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Pharmacol Rev 53:453-86. 2001..Last, because of the extensive literature on NT/DA interactions available in the rat, our discussion will be based primarily on studies using this species...
Pharmacogenomics of antidepressant drugsSonja Horstmann
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Pharmacol Ther 124:57-73. 2009..Illustrated by examples from current candidate gene- and whole genome association studies, this manuscript critically discusses aspects of pharmacogenetic studies in antidepressant response related to study design and clinical relevance...
Genetic variation in FKBP5 associated with the extent of stress hormone dysregulation in major depressionA Menke
Department of Molecular Genetics of Affective Disorders, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Genes Brain Behav 12:289-96. 2013..This finding suggests that endocrine alterations in depressed patients are determined by genetic variants and may allow identification of specific subgroups...
Regulation of mRNA expression encoding chaperone and co-chaperone proteins of the glucocorticoid receptor in peripheral blood: association with depressive symptoms during pregnancyE R Katz
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA
Psychol Med 42:943-56. 2012..Major depressive disorder during pregnancy associates with potentially detrimental consequences for mother and child. The current study examined peripheral blood gene expression as a potential biomarker for prenatal depressive symptoms...
Individual stress vulnerability is predicted by short-term memory and AMPA receptor subunit ratio in the hippocampusMathias V Schmidt
Research Group Neurobiology of Stress, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
J Neurosci 30:16949-58. 2010..Those individual differences can be predicted by the assessment of short-term memory, thereby opening up the possibility for a specific treatment by enhancing AMPA receptor function...
Polymorphisms in GRIK4, HTR2A, and FKBP5 show interactive effects in predicting remission to antidepressant treatmentSonja Horstmann
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:727-40. 2010....
Polymorphisms in the GAD2 gene-region are associated with susceptibility for unipolar depression and with a risk factor for anxiety disordersPaul G Unschuld
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munchen, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:1100-9. 2009..However, data from expression studies imply that these polymorphisms could tag functional effects on the neighboring gene MYO3A, which is also expressed in the brain, including the cingulate cortex and the amygdala...
Association of genetic variants in the neurotrophic receptor-encoding gene NTRK2 and a lifetime history of suicide attempts in depressed patientsMartin A Kohli
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2 10, D 80804 Munich, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:348-59. 2010..Especially in suicide victims, lower postmortem brain messenger RNA and protein levels of neurotrophins and their receptors have been reported...
Gender-specific association of galanin polymorphisms with HPA-axis dysregulation, symptom severity, and antidepressant treatment responsePaul G Unschuld
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munchen, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:1583-92. 2010..The reported associations in independent samples of AD and MDD support an estrogen-dependent function of GAL in pathophysiology of anxiety and depression, affecting response to antidepressant treatment...
Successful antidepressant therapy restores the disturbed interplay between TNF-alpha system and HPA axisHubertus Himmerich
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 60:882-8. 2006....
Polymorphisms in CRHR1 and the serotonin transporter loci: gene x gene x environment interactions on depressive symptomsKerry J Ressler
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 954 Gatewood Drive, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 153:812-24. 2010....
The combined dexamethasone/CRH test as a potential surrogate marker in depressionMarcus Ising
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 10, D 80804 Munich, Germany
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:1085-93. 2005..Further systematic research is required and already ongoing to confirm the suitability of the combined dex/CRH test as a surrogate marker in depression...
Pharmacogenomics and antidepressant drugsElisabeth B Binder
Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Ann Med 38:82-94. 2006..These studies mark the beginning of an emerging standard SNP profiling system that ultimately allows identifying the right drug for the right patient at the right time...
Combined dexamethasone/corticotropin releasing hormone test predicts treatment response in major depression - a potential biomarker?Marcus Ising
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 62:47-54. 2007..In the present study, we examined whether change in HPA system function during the first weeks of hospitalization predicts response to antidepressant treatment in major depression and thus constitutes a potential biomarker...
Association of polymorphisms in P2RX7 and CaMKKb with anxiety disordersAngelika Erhardt
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, D 80804 München, Germany
J Affect Disord 101:159-68. 2007..This region contains two candidate genes for purinergic ligand-gated ion channels, P2RX7 and P2RX4, and one gene coding for calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase b (CaMKKb)...
Polymorphisms in the galanin gene are associated with symptom-severity in female patients suffering from panic disorderPaul G Unschuld
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 München, Germany
J Affect Disord 105:177-84. 2008..Furthermore, GAL is involved in hypothalamic-hypophysiotropic signalling and cosecreted with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), possibly acting as a mediator of estrogen action...
Polymorphisms in the drug transporter gene ABCB1 predict antidepressant treatment response in depressionManfred Uhr
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Neuron 57:203-9. 2008..This finding can be viewed as a further step into personalized antidepressant treatment...
Combined effects of exonic polymorphisms in CRHR1 and AVPR1B genes in a case/control study for panic disorderMartin E Keck
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147:1196-204. 2008..These data suggest that polymorphisms in the AVPR1B and the CRHR1 genes alter the susceptibility to panic disorder...
The CRF system, stress, depression and anxiety-insights from human genetic studiesE B Binder
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Mol Psychiatry 15:574-88. 2010..In-depth characterization of these variants will likely be important in furthering our understanding of the long-term consequences of adverse experience...
Neurotensin receptor antagonist SR 142948A alters Fos expression and extrapyramidal side effect profile of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugsElisabeth B Binder
Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 29:2200-7. 2004..The effects of the NT receptor antagonist were paralleled by its effects on catalepsy in olanzapine--but not haloperidol--treated animals...
Replication and meta-analysis of TMEM132D gene variants in panic disorderA Erhardt
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Transl Psychiatry 2:e156. 2012..Our results also indicate that patient ascertainment and genetic background could be important sources of heterogeneity modifying this association signal in different populations...
Convergent animal and human evidence suggests the activin/inhibin pathway to be involved in antidepressant responseK Ganea
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Transl Psychiatry 2:e177. 2012..Further, our data suggest this pathway to be a target for more rapid-acting antidepressants in the future...
The role of neurotensin in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the mechanism of action of antipsychotic drugsE B Binder
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 50:856-72. 2001..This review summarizes the evidence in support of a role for the NT system in both the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the mechanism of action of antipsychotic drugs...
Identification of molecules potentially involved in mediating the in vivo actions of the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 antagonist, NBI30775 (R121919)Anke Post
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 10, 80804 Munich, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 180:150-8. 2005....
Toward a reliable distinction between patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer-type dementia versus major depressionAnke Post
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 59:858-62. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Soluble amyloid precursor protein/APLP2 and alpha-sAPP concentrations in CSF can differentiate between DAT and MCI versus MDE, facilitating early ameliorative interventions and appropriate treatment regimens...
Using polymorphisms in FKBP5 to define biologically distinct subtypes of posttraumatic stress disorder: evidence from endocrine and gene expression studiesDivya Mehta
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse, Munich, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:901-10. 2011..Polymorphisms in the gene encoding the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulating co-chaperone FKBP5 have been shown to alter GR sensitivity and are associated with an increased risk to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
Implications for the practice of psychiatryElisabeth B Binder
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 4000, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prog Brain Res 158:275-93. 2006
Evidence for a relationship between genetic variants at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) locus and major depressionJohannes Schumacher
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn
Biol Psychiatry 58:307-14. 2005....
Polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor gene and major depressionElisabeth F C van Rossum
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Biol Psychiatry 59:681-8. 2006..The N363S and BclI polymorphisms have been associated with hypersensitivity to glucocorticoids, whereas the ER22/23EK polymorphism is related to glucocorticoid resistance...
Changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and leptin levels during antidepressant treatmentHubertus Himmerich
Max Planck Institut fur Psychiatrie, Munchen, Deutschland
Neuropsychobiology 55:28-35. 2007..Glucocorticoids themselves are reported to increase leptin synthesis and secretion in humans...
Influence of child abuse on adult depression: moderation by the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor geneRebekah G Bradley
Atlanta VA Medical Center, Georgia, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:190-200. 2008..Child abuse and trauma alter the endogenous stress response, principally corticotropin-releasing hormone and its downstream effectors, suggesting that a gene x environment interaction at this locus may be important in depression...
Genetic markers within glutamate receptors associated with antidepressant treatment-emergent suicidal ideationAndreas Menke
Am J Psychiatry 165:917-8. 2008
Ziprasidone-related tardive dyskinesiaMartin E Keck
Am J Psychiatry 161:175-6. 2004
