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Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene expression and promoter polymorphisms in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Dec 2005
De Luca Vincenzo, Likhodi Olga, Van Tol Hubert H M, Kennedy James L, Wong Albert H C
Abstract excerpt
The tryptophan hydroxylase isoform-2 gene (Tph2) is located on chromosome 12 and is expressed primarily in brain tissue. Although the tryptophan hydroxylase isoform-1 gene (Tph1) has been reported to have a genetic association with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, the Tph1 isoform is expressed at much lower levels than Tph2 (150-fold less in the mouse brain). We hypothesized that bipolar disorder and...
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