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No association of the rs9722 C >T in the S100B gene and susceptibility to major depression in a Chinese population.
Genetic testing - 1 Dec 2008
Yang Kun, Hu Yi Qiu, Xie Guang Rong, Mao Fu Qiang, Su Lin Yan
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OBJECTIVE: Astroglial-derived protein S100B is known to play important roles in axonal growth, neural plasticity, and energy regulation. Disturbance of these neurodevelopmental processes is proposed as one of the etiologies for mood disorder, and genetic polymorphisms of S100B have a possibility to be in susceptibility to major depressive disorder (MDD). METHOD: We first investigated the association of the rs9722...
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