Anxiety is associated with higher levels of global DNA methylation and altered expression of epigenetic and interleukin-6 genes

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 71-78

  Murphy, Therese M ^a   O'Donovan, Aoife ^b   Mullins, Niamh ^c   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^e   McCann, Amanda ^d   Malone, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

anxiety; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; inflammation; interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; EZH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PERSONALITY TEST;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

EID: 84924812551     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0000000000000055     Document Type: Article

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