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Association of AKT1 haplotype with the risk of schizophrenia in Iranian population.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jun 2006
Bajestan Sepideh N, Sabouri Amir H, Nakamura Masayuki, Takashima Hiroshi, Keikhaee Mohammad R, Behdani Fatemeh, Fayyazi Mohammad R, Sargolzaee Mohammad R, Bajestan Mahboobeh N, Sabouri Zahra, Khayami Esmaeil, Haghighi Sima, Hashemi Susan B, Eiraku Nobutaka, Tufani Hamid, Najmabadi Hossein, Arimura Kimiyoshi, Sano Akira, Osame Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
AKT-glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta) signaling is a target of lithium and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and schizophrenia. AKT1 protein level is decreased in the peripheral lymphocytes and brains of schizophrenic patients. The SNP2/3/4 TCG haplotype of AKT1 was associated with schizophrenia in patients with Northern European origin. In the present study, we genotyped five...
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