Childhood and later life stressors and increased inflammatory gene expression at older ages

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-22

  Levine, M E ^a   Cole, S W ^b   Weir, D R ^c   Crimmins, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Social genomics; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; IL1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA;

CHILD HEALTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IL8 GENE; ILIB GENE; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PTGS2 GENE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY MASS; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RNA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84921982855     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.030     Document Type: Article

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