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The PDLIM5 gene and lithium prophylaxis: an association and gene expression analysis in Sardinian patients with bipolar disorder.
Pharmacological research - 1 May 2008
Squassina Alessio, Congiu Donatella, Manconi Francesca, Manchia Mirko, Chillotti Caterina, Lampus Simona, Severino Giovanni, Zompo Maria Del
Abstract excerpt
A number of studies support the notion that lithium interacts with the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway, an important mediator of several intracellular responses to neurotransmitter signaling. PDLIM5 (PDZ and LIM domain 5; LIM) is an adaptor protein that selectively binds the isozyme PKC(epsilon) to N-type Ca(2+) channels in neurons. We tested for an association between three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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