Identification and replication of a combined epigenetic and genetic biomarker predicting suicide and suicidal behaviors.

Guintivano, Jerry; Brown, Tori; Newcomer, Alison; Jones, Marcus; Cox, Olivia; Maher, Brion S; Eaton, William W; Payne, Jennifer L et al. · Am J Psychiatry · 2014

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Abstract

Considerable research suggests that suicide involves effects of genes, the environment, and their interaction. Analysis of three independent data sets of post-mortem brains revealed signs of increased methylation in one particular gene, SKA2, a finding that was extended to peripheral blood samples from other cohorts of prospectively followed individuals.

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