Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR

  • Alicia K. Smith,
  • Andrew Ratanatharathorn,
  • Adam X. Maihofer,
  • Robert K. Naviaux,
  • Allison E. Aiello,
  • Ananda B. Amstadter,
  • Allison E. Ashley-Koch,
  • Dewleen G. Baker,
  • Jean C. Beckham,
  • Marco P. Boks,
  • Evelyn Bromet,
  • Michelle Dennis,
  • Sandro Galea,
  • Melanie E. Garrett,
  • Elbert Geuze,
  • Guia Guffanti,
  • Michael A. Hauser,
  • Seyma Katrinli,
  • Varun Kilaru,
  • Ronald C. Kessler,
  • Nathan A. Kimbrel,
  • Karestan C. Koenen,
  • Pei-Fen Kuan,
  • Kefeng Li,
  • Mark W. Logue,
  • Adriana Lori,
  • Benjamin J. Luft,
  • Mark W. Miller,
  • Jane C. Naviaux,
  • Nicole R. Nugent,
  • Xuejun Qin,
  • Kerry J. Ressler,
  • Victoria B. Risbrough,
  • Bart P. F. Rutten,
  • Murray B. Stein,
  • Robert J. Ursano,
  • Eric Vermetten,
  • Christiaan H. Vinkers,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Nagy A. Youssef,
  • INTRuST Clinical Consortium,
  • VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup,
  • PGC PTSD Epigenetics Workgroup,
  • Monica Uddin,
  • Caroline M. Nievergelt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19615-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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PTSD has been associated with DNA methylation of specific loci in the genome, but studies have been limited by small sample sizes. Here, the authors perform a meta-analysis of DNA methylation data from 10 different cohorts and identify CpGs in AHRR that are associated with PTSD.