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Papers: 5 Mar 2022 - 11 Mar 2022


2022 Jan-Jul


Neurobiol Pain


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Differential DNA methylation in Black and White individuals with chronic low back pain enrich different genomic pathways.

Authors

Aroke EN, Jackson P, Meng L, Huo Z, Overstreet DS, Penn TM, Quinn TL, Cruz-Almeida Y, Goodin BR
Neurobiol Pain. 2022 Jan-Jul; 11:100086.
PMID: 35243180.

Abstract

Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), individuals who self-identify as Non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) in the United States experience more severe and disabling chronic low back pain (cLBP). We hypothesized that differences in DNA methylation (DNAm) play a role in racial disparities in cLBP.