SKA2 Methylation is Involved in Cortisol Stress Reactivity and Predicts the Development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after Military Deployment

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1350-1356

  Boks, Marco P ^a   Rutten, Bart P F ^b   Geuze, Elbert ^a,c   Houtepen, Lotte C ^a   Vermetten, Eric ^a,c,d,e   Kaminsky, Zachary ^f,g   Vinkers, Christiaan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN; SPINDLE AND KINETOCHORE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SKA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; SOLDIER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960856914     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.286     Document Type: Article

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