Altered gene expression of the innate immune, neuroendocrine, and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) systems is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder in military personnel

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-20

  Guardado, Pedro ^a   Olivera, Anlys ^a   Rusch, Heather L ^a,b   Roy, Michael ^c   Martin, Christiana ^a   Lejbman, Natasha ^a   Lee, Hwyunhwa ^d   Gill, Jessica M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Innate immune; Neuroendocrine; NF B; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NF KAPPA B GENE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NF-KAPPA B; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84952660547     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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