Discrimination Exposure and DNA Methylation of Stress-Related Genes in Latina Mothers
Hudson Pires de Oliveira Santos Junior, Benjamin C. Nephew, Arjun Bhattacharya, Xianming M. Tan, Laura Smith, Reema Abdulrahman S. Alyamani, Elizabeth M. Martin, Krista M. Perreira, Rebecca C. Fry, Chris Murgatroyd
This study examines the relationship between discrimination and DNA methylation of stress-related genes in Latina mothers, finding negative associations with methylation at specific CpG sites in NR3C1, BDNF, and FKBP5.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · Dec 1, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics