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SynthesisGenes2021

Association and Genetic Expression between Genes Involved in HPA Axis and Suicide Behavior: A Systematic Review.

Yazmín Hernández-Díaz, Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, María Lilia López-Narváez, Humberto Nicolini

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Synthesis in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Inflammation and treatment strategies for suicidal behavior.The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry · 2026
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  4. Exploring the Toxicity and Therapeutic Potential ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yazmín Hernández-DíazDivisión Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Méndez 86205, Tabasco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1200-2292
Alma Delia Genis-MendozaLaboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
Thelma Beatriz González-CastroDivisión Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Méndez 86205, Tabasco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8046-6908
Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-ZárateDivisión Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco 86650, Tabasco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8170-8171
Isela Esther Juárez-RojopDivisión Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa 86150, Tabasco, Mexico.
María Lilia López-NarváezHospital Chiapas "Dr. Jesús Gilberto Gómez Maza", Tuxtla Gutiérrez 29932, Chiapas, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7342-5988
Humberto NicoliniLaboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2494-0067
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco · MXNational Institute of Genomic Medicine · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSuicide behavior (SB) has been highly associated with the response to stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The aim of this study was to summarize the results obtained in genetic studies that analyzed the HPA axis-stress pathway and SB through a systematic review.

methodsWe performed an online search in PubMed, EBSCO, Web of Science, Scopus, and PsycoInfo databases up to May 2021. We followed the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews. We included case-control and expression studies that provided data on mRNA expression and single-nucleotide polymorphisms of genes associated with SB.

resultsA total of 21,926 individuals participated across 41 studies (not repeats); 34 studies provided data on single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 21,284 participants and 11 studies reported data on mRNA expression in 1034 participants. Ten genes were identified:

conclusionsOur findings suggest that key stress pathway genes are significantly associated with SB and show potential as biomarkers for SB.

Indexed as

Genetic Association StudiesGene-Environment InteractionGene Expression RegulationHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemPolymorphism, Single NucleotideStress, PsychologicalSuicideSuicide Preventionassociationgeneticstresssuicide

Identifiers

PMID34681002
PMCPMC8536196
OpenAlexW3206967108

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