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Association of the XBP1-116C/G polymorphism with schizophrenia in the Japanese population.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Aug 2004
Kakiuchi Chihiro, Ishiwata Mizuho, Umekage Tadashi, Tochigi Mamoru, Kohda Kazuhisa, Sasaki Tsukasa, Kato Tadafumi
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share some clinical features and linkage studies have shown that several loci are common. Recently, the authors found that the -116C-->G substitution in the promotor region of XBP1, a pivotal gene in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, causes the impairment of ER stress response, and that the -116C/C genotype is a protective factor; in other words the presence of the G...
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