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Social Regulation of Human Gene Expression

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Relationships between genes and social behavior have historically been construed as a one-way street, with genes in control. Recent analyses have challenged this view by discovering broad alterations in the expression of human genes as a function of differing socio-environmental conditions. The emerging field of social genomics has begun to identity the types of genes subject to social regulation, the biological signaling pathways mediating those effects, and the genetic polymorphisms that moderate socio-environmental influences on human gene expression.

Source: Current Directions in Psychological Science

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01623.x

Author: Steve W. Cole

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, HopeLab, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute

Award: Combinatorial Genomics in Cancer