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Polymorphisms of Transferrin gene are associated with schizophrenia in Chinese Han population.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Sept 2008
Qu Mei, Yue Weihua, Tang Fulei, Wang Lifang, Han Yonghua, Zhang Dai
Abstract excerpt
Several recent studies have provided evidence that abnormalities in oligodendrocyte and myelin function may contribute to the etiopathology of schizophrenia. Transferrin (TF), an iron transport glycoprotein playing an important role in synthesis of myelin and the development of oligodendrocytes, has been identified as down-regulated expression in schizophrenia brain by microarray, quantitative PCR and in situ...
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