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Further evidence for association of variants in the AKT1 gene with schizophrenia in a sample of European sib-pair families.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Sept 2005
Schwab Sibylle G, Hoefgen Barbara, Hanses Claudia, Hassenbach Margitta Borrmann, Albus Margot, Lerer Bernard, Trixler Matyas, Maier Wolfgang, Wildenauer Dieter B
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BACKGROUND: Involvement of AKT signaling pathways in schizophrenia has been recently suggested, on the basis of several lines of evidence. In addition to impairment of protein-levels and phosphorylation levels in the pathway, association of DNA sequence variants in the AKT1 gene with schizophrenia has been detected in a family sample. METHODS: We investigated the reported association of DNA sequence variants in...
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