Longitudinal epigenetic variation of DNA methyltransferase genes is associated with vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3165-3179

  Sipahi, L ^a   Wildman, D E ^a   Aiello, A E ^b   Koenen, K C ^c   Galea, S ^c   Abbas, A ^a   Uddin, M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epidemiology; epigenetics; longitudinal studies; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNMT3L PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84927689263     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714000968     Document Type: Article

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