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Does the presenilin 2 gene predispose to schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia research - 1 Apr 2009
Zhang Juan, Chen Jun, Xu Qi, Shen Yan
Abstract excerpt
Presenilins are a group of proteins playing an important role in the Notch, ErbB4 and Wnt signaling pathways possibly associated with schizophrenia. The gene coding for presenilin 2 (PSEN2) is located on 1q42 and adjacent to a balanced translocation t (1; 11) (q42; q14.3) that was found to co-segregate within family members of patients with schizophrenia. We thus hypothesized that PSEN2 may contribute to the...
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