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Naturally occurring variations in the human 5-HT3A gene profoundly impact 5-HT3 receptor function and expression.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Apr 2007
Krzywkowski Karen, Jensen Anders A, Connolly Christopher N, Bräuner-Osborne Hans
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BACKGROUND: The serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)]-gated ion channel 5-HT3 is involved in the mediation of postoperative and radiotherapy/chemotherapy-induced nausea/emesis and in irritable bowel syndrome. It has also been suggested to play a role in various psychiatric diseases. Five naturally occurring single nucleotide polymorphisms leading to amino acid changes have been identified in the human 5-HT3A...
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