DNA extracted from saliva for methylation studies of psychiatric traits: Evidence tissue specificity and relatedness to brain

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-44

  Smith, Alicia K ^a,b   Kilaru, Varun ^a   Klengel, Torsten ^a,c   Mercer, Kristina B ^b   Bradley, Bekh ^a,d   Conneely, Karen N ^a,b   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,e   Binder, Elisabeth B ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Epigenetic; EWAS; HumanMethylation450; Oragene

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA; FKBP5 PROTEIN; NR3C1 PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SALIVA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TISSUES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BRAIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SALIVA;

EID: 84919416287     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32278     Document Type: Article

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