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Relationship of childhood adversity and neighborhood violence to a proinflammatory phenotype in emerging adult African American men: An epigenetic link.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Feb 2017
Janusek Linda Witek, Tell Dina, Gaylord-Harden Noni, Mathews Herbert L
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African American men (AAM) who are exposed to trauma and adversity during their early life are at greater risk for poor health over their lifespan. Exposure to adversity during critical developmental windows may embed an epigenetic signature that alters expression of genes that regulate stress response systems, including those genes that regulate the inflammatory response to stress. Such an epigenetic signature...
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