Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Non-CG methylation and multiple histone profiles associate child abuse with immune and small GTPase dysregulation

  • Pierre-Eric Lutz,
  • Marc-Aurèle Chay,
  • Alain Pacis,
  • Gary G. Chen,
  • Zahia Aouabed,
  • Elisabetta Maffioletti,
  • Jean-François Théroux,
  • Jean-Christophe Grenier,
  • Jennie Yang,
  • Maria Aguirre,
  • Carl Ernst,
  • Adriana Redensek,
  • Léon C. van Kempen,
  • Ipek Yalcin,
  • Tony Kwan,
  • Naguib Mechawar,
  • Tomi Pastinen,
  • Gustavo Turecki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21365-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Early-life adversity is thought to increase the risk of psychopathology through epigenetic mechanisms. Here, the authors profile 6 histone marks, chromatin states and DNA methylation in the lateral amygdala in subjects with a history of early-life adversity.