Association between promoter methylation of serotonin transporter gene and depressive symptoms: A monozygotic twin study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 523-529

  Zhao, Jinying ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^b   Bremner, James D ^c   Vaccarino, Viola ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; DNA methylation; monozygotic twins; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEPRESSION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SMOKING;

EID: 84880571578     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182924cf4     Document Type: Article

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