SLC6A4 methylation modifies the effect of the number of traumatic events on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 639-647

  Koenen, Karestan C ^a,c   Uddin, Monica ^d   Chang, Shun Chiao ^a,b   Aiello, Allison E ^d   Wildman, Derek E ^e   Goldmann, Emily ^c   Galea, Sandro ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epigenetic; methylation; posttraumatic stress disorder; SLC6A4; trauma

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PYROSEQUENCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960968560     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20825     Document Type: Article

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