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5-HT2A gene variants influence specific and different aspects of antidepressant response in Japanese and Italian mood disorder patients.
Psychiatry research - 15 May 2009
Kato Masaki, Zanardi Raffaella, Rossini David, De Ronchi Diana, Okugawa Gaku, Kinoshita Toshihiko, Colombo Cristina, Serretti Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
The 5-HT2A receptor is a key modulator of the serotonin pathway. We previously observed a marginal association between 5-HT2A gene variants and antidepressant efficacy in Japanese and Italian population but in the opposite direction. In the present report, we hypothesize that discrepant findings on 5-HT2A gene variants could be due to both the effect of ethnicity and a possible specific effect on some symptom...
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