Relationship of childhood adversity and neighborhood violence to a proinflammatory phenotype in emerging adult African American men: An epigenetic link

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-135

  Janusek, Linda Witek ^a   Tell, Dina ^a   Gaylord Harden, Noni ^a   Mathews, Herbert L ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood adversity; DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Interleukin 6; Neighborhood violence; Proinflammatory cytokine

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIELBERGER STATE ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85004093188     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.10.006     Document Type: Article

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