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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2022

Nutrition, Epigenetics, and Major Depressive Disorder: Understanding the Connection.

Miguel A Ortega, Óscar Fraile-Martínez, Cielo García-Montero, Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon, Guillermo Lahera, Jorge Monserrat, Maria Llavero-Valero, Fernando Mora, Roberto Rodríguez-Jiménez, Sonia Fernandez-Rojo and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Miguel A OrtegaDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Óscar Fraile-MartínezDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Cielo García-MonteroDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Miguel Angel Alvarez-MonDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Guillermo LaheraDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Jorge MonserratDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Maria Llavero-ValeroDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.
Fernando MoraDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.
Roberto Rodríguez-JiménezDepartment of Legal Medicine and Psychiatry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Sonia Fernandez-RojoDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.
Javier QuinteroDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.
Melchor Alvarez De MonDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor · ESInstituto Cajal · ESUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESInstituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria · ESUniversidad de Alcalá · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex, multifactorial disorder of rising prevalence and incidence worldwide. Nearly, 280 million of people suffer from this leading cause of disability in the world. Moreover, patients with this condition are frequently co-affected by essential nutrient deficiency. The typical scene with stress and hustle in developed countries tends to be accompanied by eating disorders implying overnutrition from high-carbohydrates and high-fat diets with low micronutrients intake. In fact, currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drawn more attention to this underdiagnosed condition, besides the importance of the nutritional status in shaping immunomodulation, in which minerals, vitamins, or omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) play an important role. The awareness of nutritional assessment is greater and greater in the patients with depression since antidepressant treatments have such a significant probability of failing. As diet is considered a crucial environmental factor, underlying epigenetic mechanisms that experience an adaptation or consequence on their signaling and expression mechanisms are reviewed. In this study, we included metabolic changes derived from an impairment in cellular processes due to lacking some essential nutrients in diet and therefore in the organism. Finally, aspects related to nutritional interventions and recommendations are also addressed.

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epigeneticsmajor depressive disordermalnutritionmicronutrientsmineral deficiencyomega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acidspre/probioticsS-adenosylmethionine

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PMID35662945
PMCPMC9158469
OpenAlexW4280586278

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