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Association and synergistic interaction between promoter variants of the DRD4 gene in Japanese schizophrenics.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Nakajima Mizuho, Hattori Eiji, Yamada Kazuo, Iwayama Yoshimi, Toyota Tomoko, Iwata Yasuhide, Tsuchiya Kenji J, Sugihara Genichi, Hashimoto Kenji, Watanabe Hiroyuki, Iyo Masaomi, Hoshika Akinori, Yoshikawa Takeo
Abstract excerpt
Recent association studies suggest that polymorphisms in the promoter and exon 1 upstream region of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene play a functional role in the development of common psychiatric illnesses, although there are also conflicting results. In this study, we re-sequenced this region to identify all genomic variants, and tested them for association with schizophrenia. A total of 570 Japanese...
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