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SUBMITTER: Mathews HL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3079772 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mathews Herbert L HL Konley Teresa T Kosik Kelly Loster KL Krukowski Karen K Eddy Justin J Albuquerque Kevin K Janusek Linda Witek LW
Brain, behavior, and immunity 20101210 5
The molecular basis for psychosocial-distress mediated immune-dysregulation is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine whether peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) epigenetic pattern associates with this form of immune dysregulation. Women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer were enrolled into the study and psychosocial, immunological and epigenetic assessments were made at diagnosis and four months later, after completion of cancer treatment. At diagnosis ...[more]