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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Steve Cole
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7148 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cole Steve W SW Hawkley Louise C LC Arevalo Jesusa M JM Sung Caroline Y CY Rose Robert M RM Cacioppo John T JT
Genome biology 20070101 9
<h4>Background</h4>Social environmental influences on human health are well established in the epidemiology literature, but their functional genomic mechanisms are unclear. The present study analyzed genome-wide transcriptional activity in people who chronically experienced high versus low levels of subjective social isolation (loneliness) to assess alterations in the activity of transcription control pathways that might contribute to increased adverse health outcomes in social isolates.<h4>Resu ...[more]