Pierce et al. [57] examined a panel of ATN plasma biomarkers in a younger cohort of 550 post-9/11 veterans (from the same VA medical center, but independent of the participants evaluated in this study) and also reported a modest negative correlation between PTSD severity and GFAP controlling for age and sex (r = − 0.10, p < 0.05). The gene discussed is GFAP; the disease is post-traumatic stress disorder.