Environmental Stress Affects DNA Methylation of a CpG Rich Promoter Region of Serotonin Transporter Gene in a Nurse Cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Alasaari, Jukka S ^a   Lagus, Markus ^a   Ollila, Hanna M ^a   Toivola, Auli ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c   Vahtera, Jussi ^b,c   Kronholm, Erkki ^a   Härmä, Mikko ^b   Puttonen, Sampsa ^b   Paunio, Tiina ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEUKOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSE; PROMOTER REGION; SHIFT WORKER; SLC6A4 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CPG ISLANDS; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866975209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045813     Document Type: Article

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