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DNA methylation and genetic variation of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in depression.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Feb 2018
Lam Dilys, Ancelin Marie-Laure, Ritchie Karen, Saffery Richard, Ryan Joanne
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BACKGROUND: Depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, and in older persons is associated with high levels of comorbidity and under-treatment. Dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) stress axis is consistently observed in the older population as well as depressed patients, with the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) a key regulator of the stress response. Epigenetic...
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