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Elena Leonova-Erko

Douglas Mental Health University Institute

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Pervasive neurovascular dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of female depressed suicides with a history of childhood abuse

Marina Wakid, Daniel Almeida, Ryan Denniston, Anjali Chawla, Zahia Aouabed, Maria Antonietta Davoli, Kristin Ellerbeck, Reza Rahimian, Volodymyr Yerko, Elena Leonova-Erko, Gustavo Turecki, Naguib Mechawar

This study identifies widespread gene expression changes in the neurovascular unit of female depressed suicides with childhood abuse histories, highlighting key regulators like KLF2 and KLF4.

Molecular Psychiatry · Oct 30, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Universal method for the gentle isolation of intact microvessels from frozen tissue: a multiomic investigation into the neurovasculature

Marina Wakid, Daniel Medeiros Almeida, Zahia Aouabed, Reza Rahimian, Maria Antonietta Davoli, Volodymyr Yerko, Elena Leonova-Erko, Vincent R. Richard, René Peiman Zahedi, Christoph H. Borchers, Gustavo Turecki, Naguib Mechawar

The paper introduces a method to isolate intact microvessels from frozen tissue and uses multi-omics to characterize the neurovascular unit.

Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health · Sep 21, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience