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Phosphodiesterase genes are associated with susceptibility to major depression and antidepressant treatment response.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Oct 2006
Wong Ma-Li, Whelan Fiona, Deloukas Panagiotis, Whittaker Pamela, Delgado Marcos, Cantor Rita M, McCann Samuel M, Licinio Julio
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Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) constitute a family of enzymes that degrade cAMP and cGMP. Intracellular cyclic nucleotide levels increase in response to extracellular stimulation by hormones, neurotransmitters, or growth factors and are down-regulated through hydrolysis catalyzed by PDEs, which are therefore candidate therapeutic targets. cAMP is a second messenger implicated in learning, memory, and...
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