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ArticleJournal of affective disorders2019

The PPM1F gene moderates the association between PTSD and cortical thickness.

Danielle R Sullivan, Filomene G Morrison, Erika J Wolf, Mark W Logue, Catherine B Fortier, David H Salat, Jennifer R Fonda, Annjanette Stone, Steven Schichman, William Milberg and 2 more

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Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle R SullivanNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: drsulliv@bu.edu.
Filomene G MorrisonNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Erika J WolfNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Mark W LogueNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Biomedical Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Catherine B FortierTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) and Geriatric Research, Educational and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
David H SalatTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) and Geriatric Research, Educational and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Anthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States.
Jennifer R FondaTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) and Geriatric Research, Educational and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Annjanette StonePharmacogenomics Analysis Laboratory, Research Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AK, United States.
Steven SchichmanPharmacogenomics Analysis Laboratory, Research Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AK, United States.
William MilbergTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) and Geriatric Research, Educational and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Regina McGlincheyTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) and Geriatric Research, Educational and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Mark W MillerNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
VA Boston Healthcare System · USCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System · USGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center · USHarvard University · USBoston University · US

Funding

Postdoctoral Training Program in Stress and TraumaT32MH019836 · NIMH · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI DENISE M. SLOAN · 1996 to 2026
$4.7M
Genetic and Epigenetic Biomarkers of PTSDI01BX003477 · VA · VA BOSTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI LOGUE, MARK W · 2017 to 2020
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Neural Metabolic Stress in mTBI and PTSDIK2CX001772 · VA · VA BOSTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI SULLIVAN, DANIELLE R · 2018 to 2022
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BLRD VA I01 BX002150BLRD VA I01 BX003477CSRD VA I01 CX001586CSRD VA IK2 CX001772NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019836ORD VA B9254-CRRD VA I50 RX003001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence suggests that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in serotonergic signaling and stress response pathways moderate associations between PTSD and cortical thickness. This study examined a genetic regulator of these pathways, the PPM1F gene, which has also been implicated in mechanisms of stress responding and is differentially expressed in individuals with comorbid PTSD and depression compared to controls.

methodsDrawing from a sample of 240 white non-Hispanic trauma-exposed veterans, we tested 18 SNPs spanning the PPM1F gene for association with PTSD and cortical thickness.

resultsAnalyses revealed six PPM1F SNPs that moderated associations between PTSD symptom severity and cortical thickness of bilateral superior frontal and orbitofrontal regions as well as the right pars triangularis (all corrected p's < 0.05) such that greater PTSD severity was related to reduced cortical thickness as a function of genotype. A whole-cortex vertex-wise analysis using the most associated SNP (rs9610608) revealed this effect to be localized to a cluster in the right superior frontal gyrus (cluster-corrected p < 0.02). LIMITATIONS: Limitations of this study include the small sample size and that the sample was all-white, non-Hispanic predominately male veterans.

conclusionsThese results extend prior work linking PPM1F to PTSD and suggest that variants in this gene may have bearing on the neural integrity of the prefrontal cortex (PFC).

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AdultAtrophyDepressionFemaleGenotypeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrefrontal CortexStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPPM1F protein, humanCortical thicknessGeneticsMRIPPM1FPrefrontal cortexPTSD

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PMID31446381
PMCPMC6791735
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