Childhood abuse is associated with methylation of multiple loci in adult DNA

BACKGROUND: Childhood abuse is associated with increased adult disease risk, suggesting that processes acting over the long-term, such as epigenetic regulation of gene activity, may be involved. DNA methylation is a critical mechanism in epigenetic regulation. We aimed to establish whether childhood...

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Main Authors: Suderman, Matthew, Borghol, Nada, Pappas, Jane J, Pinto Pereira, Snehal M, Pembrey, Marcus, Hertzman, Clyde, Power, Chris, Szyf, Moshe
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007631/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618023
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-8794-7-13
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