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Record W4414022380 · doi:10.1080/17501911.2025.2554569

Steroid hormone-mediated epigenetic programming during puberty: uncovering links to depression

2025· review· en· W4414022380 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueEpigenomics · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicEpigenetics and DNA Methylation
Canadian institutionsMcGill UniversityDouglas Mental Health University Institute
FundersCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchFondation Brain CanadaBrain and Behavior Research Foundation
KeywordsBiologyEpigeneticsHormoneDepression (economics)Steroid hormoneBioinformaticsEndocrinologyPhysiologyGeneticsGene

Abstract

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DNA methylation (DNAm) is a key epigenetic modification that dynamically regulates eukaryotic development over time. DNAm has been found to influence a variety of biological processes in both normative and pathological states, such as depression. Since DNAm can serve as an interface between environmental influence and gene expression, it is a mechanism studied in the context of many pathologies, including psychiatric. Depression is a complex and heterogeneous disorder strongly influenced by puberty, as evidenced by increased rates in both sexes after sexual maturation. However, this effect is more pronounced in females, contributing to its twofold increased lifetime prevalence compared to males. Additionally, depression is consistently associated with altered DNAm at specific genomic sites. In this review, we discuss how DNAm programming can affect functional pathways during puberty and in turn, influence disease outcomes. Here, we highlight the bidirectional relationship of steroid hormone surges during this sensitive period and DNAm, adding a layer of complexity and insight into the pathophysiology of depression. Specifically, we explore the extent of DNAm change throughout puberty, how it contributes to individual and sex-specific differences in puberty, and how it may influence the risk for depression.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.992
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.294
Teacher spread0.280 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it