• openAccess   A genome-wide association study of attention function in a population-based sample of children 

      Alemany, Silvia; Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia; Bustamante, Mariona; Pujol, Jesús; Macià, Dídac; Martínez Vilavella, Gerard; Fenoll, Raquel; Alvárez-Pedrerol, Mar; Forns, Joan; Julvez, Jordi; Suades-González, Elisabet; Llop, Sabrina; Rebagliato, Marisa; Sunyer Deu, Jordi Public Library of Science (2016)
      Background Attention function filters and selects behaviorally relevant information. This capacity is impaired in some psychiatric disorders and has been proposed as an endophenotype for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity ...
    • openAccess   Ancient Haplotypes at the 15q24.2 Microdeletion Region Are Linked to Brain Expression of MAN2C1 and Children's Intelligence 

      Cáceres, Alejandro; Esko, Tonu; Pappa, Irene; Gutierrez, Armand; López Espinosa, María José; Llop, Sabrina; Bustamante, Mariona; Tiemeier, Henning; Metspalu, Andres; Joshi, Peter K.; Wilsonx, James F.; Reina Castillón, Judith; Shin, Jean; Pausova, Zdenka; Paus, Tomás; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Perez-Jurado, Luis; González, Juan R. Anna Carla Goldberg, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, BRAZIL (2016)
      The chromosome bands 15q24.1-15q24.3 contain a complex region with numerous segmental duplications that predispose to regional microduplications and microdeletions, both of which have been linked to intellectual disability, ...
    • openAccess   Polymorphisms in ABC Transporter Genes and Concentrations of Mercury in Newborns – Evidence from Two Mediterranean Birth Cohorts 

      Llop, Sabrina; Engström, Karin; Ballester, Ferran; Franforte, Elisa; Alhamdow, Ayman; Pisa, Federica; Tratnik, Janja Snoj; Mazej, Datja; Murcia, Mario; Rebagliato, Marisa; Bustamante, Mariona; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Sofianou-Katsoulis, Aikaterini; Prasouli, Alexia; Antonopoulou, Eleni; Antoniadou, Ioanna; Nakou, Sheena; Barbone, Fabio; Horvat, Milena; Broberg, Karin Public Library of Science (2014)
      Background: The genetic background may influence methylmercury (MeHg) metabolism and neurotoxicity. ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters actively transport various xenobiotics across biological membranes. Objective: ...