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PICK1 is not a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in a Japanese population: association study in a large case-control population.
Neuroscience research - 1 Jun 2007
Ishiguro H, Koga M, Horiuchi Y, Inada T, Iwata N, Ozaki N, Ujike H, Muratake T, Someya T, Arinami T
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The protein interacting with C-kinase 1 (PICK1) has been implicated in the susceptibility to schizophrenia. PICK1 interacts with enzymes and receptors that play roles in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia via glutamatergic dysfunction. Recently, two studies reported associations between schizophrenia and two PICK1 gene polymorphisms, rs3952 in Chinese and Japanese populations and rs2076369 in a Japanese...
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