Epigenetic biomarkers as predictors and correlates of symptom improvement following psychotherapy in combat veterans with PTSD

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b   Daskalakis, Nikolaos P ^a,b   Desarnaud, Frank ^a,b   Makotkine, Iouri ^a,b   Lehrner, Amy L ^a,b   Koch, Erin ^a,b   Flory, Janine D ^a,b   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^c,d   Bierer, Linda M ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; FK506 binding protein 5; Glucocorticoid receptor; Methylation; Promoter; Psychotherapy; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOSINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LYSOZYME; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; FKBP51 GENE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IC 50; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NR3C1 GENE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

EID: 84885344455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00118     Document Type: Article

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