Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder: insights from the methylome

S Malan‐Müller, S Seedat… - Genes, Brain and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous disease‐associated
variants; however, these variants have a minor effect on disease and explain only a small …

DNA methylation correlates of PTSD: Recent findings and technical challenges

FG Morrison, MW Miller, MW Logue, M Assef… - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that epigenetic factors play a critical role in posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), by mediating the impact of environmental exposures to trauma on …

The role of DNA methylation in stress-related psychiatric disorders

T Klengel, J Pape, EB Binder, D Mehta - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modifications in response to traumatic experience and stress are emerging as
important factors in the long-term biological trajectories leading to stress-related psychiatric …

Epigenome‐wide association of PTSD from heterogeneous cohorts with a common multi‐site analysis pipeline

A Ratanatharathorn, MP Boks… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Compelling evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation play a
role in stress regulation and in the etiologic basis of stress related disorders such as Post …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans implicates several new DNA methylation loci

MW Logue, MW Miller, EJ Wolf, BR Huber… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Previous studies using candidate gene and genome-wide approaches have
identified epigenetic changes in DNA methylation (DNAm) associated with posttraumatic …

Successful treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder reverses DNA methylation marks

CH Vinkers, E Geuze, SJH van Rooij, M Kennis… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenetic mechanisms play a role in the detrimental effects of traumatic stress and the
development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, it is unknown whether …

Functional annotation of the human PTSD methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across subcortical brain regions

H Li, J Wang, DA Cruz, JL Modliszewski, DL Corcoran… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental disorder that may occur in the aftermath of severe
psychological trauma. We examined 1,065,750 DNA methylation (DNAm) sites from 171 …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenome-wide DNA methylation study of PTSD and depression in World Trade Center responders

PF Kuan, MA Waszczuk, R Kotov, CJ Marsit… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Previous epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) of posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) have been inconsistent. This may be due to …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in US military veterans

JL Montalvo-Ortiz, J Gelernter, Z Cheng… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder
prevalent in military veterans. Epigenetic mechanisms have been implicated in the etiology …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal epigenome-wide association studies of three male military cohorts reveal multiple CpG sites associated with post-traumatic stress disorder

C Snijders, AX Maihofer, A Ratanatharathorn… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Epigenetic mechanisms have been suggested to play a role in the development
of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, blood-derived DNA methylation data …