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ArticleJournal of traumatic stress2021

Epigenome-Wide Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity in a Treatment-Seeking Adolescent Sample.

Christina M Sheerin, Eva E Lancaster, Timothy P York, Jesse Walker, Carla Kmett Danielson, Ananda B Amstadter

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Article in Journal of traumatic stress, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christina M SheerinVirginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3773-641X
Eva E LancasterVirginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Timothy P YorkVirginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Jesse WalkerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Carla Kmett DanielsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Ananda B AmstadterVirginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

Integrative Risk Reduction and Treatment for Teen Substance Use Problems and PTSDR01DA031285 · NIDA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI DANIELSON, CARLA KMETT · 2012 to 2016
$2.9M
Mentorship and Research in HIV and Addiction Prevention Among Traumatized YouthK24DA039783 · NIDA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI DANIELSON, CARLA KMETT · 2015 to 2025
$1.9M
Overlap in genetic and learning-based mechanisms for alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorderK01AA025692 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SHEERIN-SMITH, CHRISTINA M · 2018 to 2022
$931k
Stress-induced drinking in Returning Soldiers: Genetic and Epigenetic MechanismsK02AA023239 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI AMSTADTER, ANANDA B · 2014 to 2018
$643k
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and DepressionNIAAA NIH HHS AA023239NIAAA NIH HHS AA025692NIAAA NIH HHS K01 AA025692NIAAA NIH HHS K02 AA023239NIDA NIH HHS DA08686NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA039783NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA031285
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging research has demonstrated that psychosocial trauma exposure may elicit epigenetic changes, with downstream effects on the transcriptional regulation of genes. Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) offer an agnostic approach to examine DNA methylation (DNAm) associations and are a valuable tool to aid in the identification of biological pathways involved in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study represents the first EWAS of PTSD in an adolescent sample, an important group given the significance of this developmental period regarding both DNAm changes and PTSD risk. The sample (n = 39, M age = 15.41 years, SD = 1.27, 84.6% female) comprised adolescents who experienced interpersonal trauma and were enrolled in a treatment study. Participants were assessed using the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-IV-Adolescent Version and provided a blood sample at baseline. Genomic DNA was isolated from whole blood and assayed using the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip. The primary analysis estimated the associations among individual CpG sites and PTSD symptom scores. Of the 793,575 screened probes tested, two were significant at a false discovery rate (FDR) < 10%. Hypomethylation of both sites was associated with increased PTSD symptom scores. Analysis of differentially methylated regions (DMR) identified a DMR associated with PTSD symptom scores at an FDR < 10%. Results from follow-up models are also discussed. Findings from this preliminary investigation suggest the importance of further research conducted in adolescent samples. The analytic pipeline and results are documented for use in future meta-analytic work as more such samples become available.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdolescentDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeFemaleHumansMale

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PMID33529416
PMCPMC8217087
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