Clinical Epigenetics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Aug. 5, 2024
Childhood
maltreatment
(CM)
is
linked
to
long-term
adverse
health
outcomes,
including
accelerated
biological
aging
and
cognitive
decline.
This
study
investigates
the
relationship
between
CM
various
biomarkers:
telomere
length,
facial
aging,
intrinsic
epigenetic
age
acceleration
(IEAA),
GrimAge,
HannumAge,
PhenoAge,
frailty
index,
performance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(16)
Published: April 9, 2024
Childhood
maltreatment
(CM)
leads
to
a
lifelong
susceptibility
mental
ill-health
which
might
be
reflected
by
its
effects
on
adult
brain
structure,
perhaps
indirectly
mediated
metabolic,
immune,
and
psychosocial
systems.
Indexing
these
systemic
factors
via
body
mass
index
(BMI),
C-reactive
protein
(CRP),
rates
of
trauma
(AT),
respectively,
we
tested
three
hypotheses:
(H1)
CM
has
direct
or
indirect
trauma,
BMI,
CRP;
(H2)
CRP
are
all
independently
related
structure;
(H3)
childhood
structure
in
parallel
CRP,
AT.
Using
path
analysis
data
from
Brain Behavior and Immunity,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 1, 2025
Childhood
maltreatment
(CM),
i.e.
physical,
psychological,
or
sexual
abuse
and
neglect,
affects
approximately
one
third
of
the
general
population
is
an
important
risk
factor
for
all
major
psychiatric
disorders.
Exposure
to
CM
also
has
a
profound
impact
on
immune
function,
with
both
factors
independently
implicated
in
development
prognosis
different
mental
This
study
aims
1)
assess
differences
markers
among
adults
diagnosed
disorders
without
history
2)
explore
role
as
mediating
abnormalities
patients
compared
non-psychiatric
controls.
A
PRISMA-compliant
systematic
search
PubMed,
Web
Science
Embase
databases
was
performed
until
October
24th,
2024
original
studies
that
assessed
trauma-stratified
adult
(PROSPERO
ID
CRD42021273059).
We
modelled
random-effects
meta-analyses
compare
levels
pro-inflammatory
(PIM),
anti-inflammatory
(AIM)
cellular
(CIM)
between
traumatized
(CM
+
)
non-traumatized
(CM-)
individuals,
investigated
exposure
Secondary
analyses
were
diagnostic
subgroups
individual
markers.
Study
quality
Newcastle
Ottawa
Scale.
included
data
from
53
n
=
12,141
mood
(MD),
schizophrenia
spectrum
(SSD),
substance
use
(SUD),
eating
(ED)
anxiety
(AD).
uncovered
consistent
transdiagnostic
blood-based
molecules
(OR
1.186;
95
%
CI
1.030-1.365,
p
0.018)
effect
not
observed
controls
same
studies.
did
find
evidence
specific
trauma-induced
composite
scores
separate
subgroups,
except
PIM
SUD
2.324,
1.043-5.182,
0.039).
Interleukin
6
(IL-6)
identified
significant
mediator
diagnosis
adulthood
1.609;
1.100-2.353,
0.014),
while
increases
C-reactive
protein
(CRP)
10
(IL-10)
appear
be
trauma-specific.
Our
findings
confirm
increased
molecular
patients.
IL-6
emerged
crucial
mediator,
suggesting
leads
alterations
predisposing
individuals
conditions.
meta-analysis
highlights
potentially
mechanism
contributing
vulnerability
towards
illness
later
life.
Multidisciplinary Science Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
7(10), P. 2025485 - 2025485
Published: April 11, 2025
This
study
explored
the
connections
among
academic
stress,
psychological
well-being,
and
depression
high
school
students.
Conducted
online
in
April
2023,
it
involved
400
students
aged
15–17
from
Vietnam,
who
were
chosen
through
convenience
sampling.
Participants
responded
to
7-item
Depression
Scale,
5-item
Well-Being
Index
(WHO-5),
16-item
Educational
Stress
Scale
for
Adolescents
(ESSA).
Multiple
regression
analysis
revealed
that
stress
did
not
have
a
negative
correlation
with
depression.
Similarly,
was
found
negatively
influence
well-being.
These
findings
underscore
complex
interplay
between
The
concludes
by
discussing
both
theoretical
practical
implications
of
these
results,
offering
insights
future
research
could
aid
scholars
practitioners
better
understanding
dynamics
depression,
Translational Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Oct. 7, 2024
Exposure
to
adverse
life
events
is
linked
somatic
disorders.
The
study
aims
evaluate
the
association
between
at
varying
stages
and
risk
of
chronic
kidney
disease
(CKD),
a
condition
affecting
about
10%
population
worldwide.
This
prospective
cohort
included
140,997
participants
from
UK
Biobank.
Using
survey
items
related
childhood
maltreatment,
adulthood
adversity
catastrophic
trauma,
we
performed
latent
class
analysis
summarize
five
distinct
patterns
exposure
events,
namely
"low-level
exposure",
"childhood
"adulthood
"sexual
abuse"
"child-to-adulthood
exposure".
We
used
Cox
proportional
hazard
regression
with
CKD,
regression-based
mediation
decompose
total
effect,
gene-environment-wide
interaction
(GEWIS)
identify
interactions
genetic
loci
events.
During
median
follow-up
5.98
years,
2734
cases
incident
CKD
were
identified.
Compared
exposure"
pattern,
was
associated
increased
(hazard
ratio
1.37,
95%
CI
1.14
1.65).
BMI,
smoking
hypertension
mediated
11.45%,
9.79%,
4.50%
this
respectively.
Other
did
not
show
significant
results.
GEWIS
subsequent
analyses
indicated
that
magnitude
differed
according
polymorphisms,
identified
potential
underlying
pathways
(e.g.,
interleukin
1
receptor
activity).
These
findings
underscore
importance
incorporating
an
individual's
psychological
encounters
profiles
into
precision
prevention
CKD.