Whole-genome DNA methylation status associated with clinical PTSD measures of OIF/OEF veterans

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Hammamieh, R ^a   Chakraborty, N ^b   Gautam, A ^a   Muhie, S ^b   Yang, R ^c   Donohue, D ^b   Kumar, R ^c   Daigle, B J ^d   Zhang, Y ^e   Amara, D A ^f   Miller, S A ^b   Srinivasan, S ^b   Flory, J ^g   Yehuda, R ^g   Petzold, L ^e   Wolkowitz, O M ^h   Mellon, S H ^h   Hood, L ⁱ   Doyle, F J ^e   Marmar, C ^f   Jett, M ^a   more..

^a US Army Ctr Environ Hlth Res   (United States)

^b Geneva Foundation   (United States)

^c FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044953174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/TP.2017.129     Document Type: Article

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