Genetic variation in DNMT3B and increased global DNA methylation is associated with suicide attempts in psychiatric patients

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-132

  Murphy, T M ^a   Mullins, N ^a   Ryan, M ^a   Foster, T ^b   Kelly, C ^c   Mcclelland, R ^c   O'Grady, J ^c   Corcoran, E ^d   Brady, J ^e   Reilly, M ^f   Jeffers, A ^g   Brown, K ^h   Maher, A ^h   Bannan, N ⁱ   Casement, A ^b   Lynch, D ^b   Bolger, S ^a   Buckley, A ^a   Quinlivan, L ^a   Daly, L ^j,k   Kelleher, C ^k   Malone, K M ^a   more..

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f St Brigids Hospital ^*  (Ireland)

^g St Brigids Hospital   (Ireland)

^h Midland Regional Hospital   (Ireland)

ⁱ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^j Centre for Support and Training in Analysis and Research   (Ireland)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; Epigenetics; Polymorphisms; Psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

5 METHYL CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84872681404     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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