28. An Epigenome-Wide Association Study of PTSD in Veterans Implicates Several New DNA Methylation Loci

Both candidate gene and epigenome-wide association studies (EWASs) have implicated DNA methylation in PTSD. Here, we present an EWAS of PTSD in a cohort of United States veterans (n=378 lifetime PTSD cases and 135 controls) assessed using the Illumina EPIC BeadChip.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mark Logue, Erika Wolf, Filomene Morrison, Zhenwei Zhou, Alicia Smith, Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Anjanette Stone, Steven Schichman, Regina McGlinchey, William Milberg, Traumatic Stress Brain Study Group, Bertrand Huber, Mark Miller Source Type: research