Antagonistic Pleiotropy at the Human IL6 Promoter Confers Genetic Resilience to the Pro-Inflammatory Effects of Adverse Social Conditions in Adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1173-1180

  Cole, Steven W ^a,b   Arevalo, Jesusa M G ^b   Manu, Kavya ^b   Telzer, Eva H ^b   Kiang, Lisa ^c   Bower, Julienne E ^b,d   Irwin, Michael R ^b,e   Fuligni, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Norman Cousins Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gene environment interaction; Inflammation; SES; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960461076     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023871     Document Type: Article

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