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Polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor gene and major depression.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Apr 2006
van Rossum Elisabeth F C, Binder Elisabeth B, Majer Matthias, Koper Jan W, Ising Marcus, Modell Sieglinde, Salyakina Daria, Lamberts Steven W J, Holsboer Florian
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BACKGROUND: The most consistent biological finding in patients with depression is a hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis, which might be caused by impaired glucocorticoid signaling. Glucocorticoids act through the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) for which several polymorphisms have been described. The N363S and BclI polymorphisms have been associated with hypersensitivity to...
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