Shorter Telomeres Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Re-experiencing Symptoms in Sexually Assaulted Civilian Women

Shorter Telomeres Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Re-experiencing Symptoms in Sexually Assaulted Civilian Women

Telomeres are short tandem repeats of “TTAGGG” that protect the chromosome ends from deterioration or fusion of chromosomes. Their repeat length shortens with cell division acting as a biomarker of cellular aging. Traumatic stress events during adulthood or childhood have been associated with posttr...

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Main Authors: Carolina Muniz Carvalho, Bruno Messina Coimbra, Gabriela Xavier, Amanda V. G. Bugiga, Tamiris Fonseca, Miranda Olff, Renato Polimanti, Andrea Feijó Mello, Vanessa Kiyomi Ota, Marcelo Feijó Mello, Sintia Iole Belangero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
cellular aging
telomere–genetics
PTSD symptom clusters
sexual assault against woman
PTSD–posttraumatic stress disorder
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.835783/full

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