Biological Psychiatry
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 266-272 , 15 August 2008

A Functional Genomic Fingerprint of Chronic Stress in Humans: Blunted Glucocorticoid and Increased NF-κB Signaling

  • Gregory E. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gregory Miller, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall Avenue, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
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  • Edith Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  • Jasmen Sze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • ,
  • Teresa Marin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • ,
  • Jesusa M.G. Arevalo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Richard Doll

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Centre; Vancouver, Canada
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  • Roy Ma

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Centre; Vancouver, Canada
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  • Steve W. Cole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • UCLA AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California
    • Molecular Biology Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Norman Cousins Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Received 21 November 2007 ,Revised 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 20 March 2008.

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PII: S0006-3223(08)00361-2

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.017

Biological Psychiatry
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