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Role of the PACAP-PAC1-DISC1 and PACAP-PAC1-stathmin1 systems in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: novel treatment mechanisms?
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Dec 2009
Katayama Taiichi, Hattori Tsuyoshi, Yamada Kohei, Matsuzaki Shinsuke, Tohyama Masaya
Abstract excerpt
Two pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-signaling pathways linked to schizophrenia were reviewed. One pathway regulates the association between disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) and DISC1-binding zinc-finger protein via PACAP, and the other inhibits stathmin1 expression via PACAP. PACAP reduces the association of the binding between DISC1 (a potential susceptibility gene for major...
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