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RGS4 is not a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in Japanese: association study in a large case-control population.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jan 2007
Ishiguro H, Horiuchi Y, Koga M, Inada T, Iwata N, Ozaki N, Ujike H, Muratake T, Someya T, Arinami T
Abstract excerpt
The regulator of the G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) has been implicated in the susceptibility to schizophrenia. RGS4 interacts with ErbB3 that acts as receptors for neuregulin 1 and these proteins may play a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia via glutamatergic dysfunction. Recently, two meta-analysis studies provided different interpretations for the genetic association between RGS4 and schizophrenia. We...
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