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ArticleLifestyle medicine (Hoboken, N.J.)2023

Human social genomics: Concepts, mechanisms, and implications for health.

George M Slavich, Summer Mengelkoch, Steven W Cole

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Article in Lifestyle medicine (Hoboken, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Positive social relations, loneliness, and immune system gene regulation.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025
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  17. Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025
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  19. How community connection, homophobia, and racism shape gene expression in sexual minority men with and without HIV.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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  20. Transcriptomics and psychotherapy: An integrative review.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George M SlavichDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5710-3818
Summer MengelkochDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Steven W ColeDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Neural, Inflammatory, and Genomic Mechanisms Underlying Risk for Depression in AdolescenceK08MH103443 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SLAVICH, GEORGE MICHAEL · 2015 to 2018
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NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH103443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The exciting field of human social genomics provides an evolutionarily informed, multilevel framework for understanding how positive and negative social-environmental experiences affect the genome to impact lifelong health, well-being, behavior, and longevity. In this review, we first summarize common patterns of socially influenced changes in the expression of pro-inflammatory and antiviral immune response genes (e.g., the Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity), and the multilevel psychological, neural, and cell signaling pathways by which social factors regulate human gene expression. Second, we examine how these effects are moderated by genetic polymorphisms and the specific types of social-environmental experiences that most strongly affect gene expression and health. Third, we identify positive psychosocial experiences and interventions that have been found to impact gene expression. Finally, we discuss promising opportunities for future research on this topic and how health care providers can use this information to improve patient health and well-being.

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behaviordiseasehealthlongevityresiliencesocial experiencesstress

Identifiers

PMID37275556
PMCPMC10237287
OpenAlexW4322006635

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