Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in U.S. military veterans

Abstract Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder prevalent in military veterans. Epigenetic mechanisms have been implicated in the etiology of PTSD, with DNA methylation being the most studied to identify novel molecular biomarkers associated with this di...

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Main Authors: Janitza L. Montalvo-Ortiz, Joel Gelernter, Zhongshan Cheng, Matthew J. Girgenti, Ke Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Shyamalika Gopalan, Hang Zhou, Ronald S. Duman, Steven M. Southwick, John H. Krystal, Traumatic Stress Brain Research Study Group, Robert H. Pietrzak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-02-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01822-3