title: Epigenetic traces of childhood maltreatment in peripheral blood: a new strategy to explore gene-environment interactions.
abstract: Maltreatment in childhood affects mental health over the life course. New research shows that early life experiences alter the genome in a way that can be measured in peripheral blood samples decades later. These findings suggest a new strategy for exploring gene-environment interactions and open opportunities for translational epigenomic research.
authors.affiliation: Rudolf Uher, MD, PhD, MRCPsych, Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK; Ian C. G. Weaver, PhD, Dalhousie University Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and the Brain Repair Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uher
authors.forename: Ian C G
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Weaver