ANA GABRIELA HOUNIE
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LIM/21 - Laboratório de Neuroimagem em Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus The role of the VNTR functional polymorphism of the promoter region of the MAOA gene on psychiatric disorders(2011) NISHIOKA, Silvia A.; PERIN, Eduardo Aliende; SAMPAIO, Aline Santos; CORDEIRO, Quirino; CAPPI, Carolina; MASTROROSA, Rosana Savio; MORAIS, Ivanil A.; REIS, Viviane Neri de Souza; ROSARIO, Maria Conceicao do; HOUNIE, Ana GabrielaIntroduction: A functional variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism of the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene has been described and many studies have investigated the association of this polymorphism with human behaviors, as well as with several psychiatric disorders. Objective: This study aimed to review the literature on the role of the VNTR functional polymorphism of the promoter region of the MAOA gene on the modulation of human behavior for the development of psychiatric disorders. Method: Searches on the Medline, Embase, Web of Science and PsycInfo databases were performed including works from January 1998 to June 2009. The words used were: ""MAOA and human behavior"" and ""MAOA and psychiatry"". Results: Several studies were found (N = 3,873). After the selection process, 109 papers were included in the review. There was found an association of MAOA low activity alleles with antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD, pathological gambling, and substance abuse. High activity alleles were associated with neuroticism, anorexia nervosa and depression and anxiety disorders. There was no association between the MAOA polymorphisms and bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Discussion: The main findings, summarized in this paper, support a role of MAOA VNTR polymorphism in some psychiatric disorders although some divergences were found due to methodological difficulties in genetic studies. In general, the studies associated the low activity alleles with impulsivity and aggressive behavior (""hyperactive behaviors""), and the high activity alleles of the gene with ""hypoactive behaviors"", such as depression and anxiety, which demonstrates a modulation of the MAOA enzyme in ""hyperactive"" and ""hypoactive"" disorders.- Comorbid major depression in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients(2011) QUARANTINI, Lucas C.; TORRES, Albina Rodrigues; SAMPAIO, Aline S.; FOSSALUZA, Victor; MATHIS, Maria Alice de; ROSARIO, Maria Conceicao do; FONTENELLE, Leonardo F.; FERRAO, Ygor A.; CORDIOLI, Aristides Volpato; PETRIBU, Katia; HOUNIE, Ana G.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; KOENEN, Karestan C.Although major depressive disorder (MDD) has been consistently considered the most frequent complication of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), little is known about the clinical characteristics of patients with both disorders. This study assessed 815 Brazilian OCD patients using a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. Clinical and demographic variables, including OCD symptom dimensions, were compared among OCD patients with and without MDD. Our findings showed that prevalence rates of current MDD (32%) and lifetime MDD (67.5%) were similar for both sexes in this study. In addition, patients with comorbid MDD had higher severity scores of OCD symptoms. There was no preferential association of MDD with any particular OCD symptom dimension. This study supports the notion that depressed OCD patients present more severe general psychopathology.
article 116 Citação(ões) na Scopus Gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a literature review(2011) MATHIS, Maria Alice de; ALVARENGA, Pedro de; FUNARO, Guilherme; TORRESAN, Ricardo Cezar; MORAES, Ivanil; TORRES, Albina Rodrigues; ZILBERMAN, Monica L.; HOUNIE, Ana GabrielaIntroduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition, in which subtypes have been proposed. Previous studies suggested that gender plays a relevant role in OCD phenotypic expression. This study aimed to review the literature on gender differences in clinical, genetic or familial aspects of OCD. Method: A conventional review was conducted, including all papers that investigated demographic, clinical, and genetic aspects of OCD according to gender. The search was based on data available in Medline and PsycINFO databases in the last 20 years, using as keywords: obsessive-compulsive disorder; and: gender, sex, male, female, demographic characteristics, clinical features, clinical characteristics, genetic, genes, genetics gender OCD, genes OCD, genes OCD males, genes OCD females. Results: Sixty three of 487 phenotypical and genetics studies were selected. Most studies indicate that male patients are more likely than females to be single, present early onset of symptoms and chronic course of the disorder, greater social impairment, more sexual-religious and aggressive symptoms, and greater comorbidity with tic and substance use disorders. Female patients present more contamination/cleaning symptoms and greater comorbidity with eating and impulse-control disorders. Genetic and family studies are inconclusive, but suggest that gender may play a role in the disease expression. Conclusions: Gender is a relevant factor that should be taken into account when evaluating OCD patients. More studies are necessary to determine whether in fact it defines a homogeneous and particular group in OCD.