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Replication and extension of association of choline acetyltransferase with nicotine dependence in European and African American smokers.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2010
Wei Jinxue, Ma Jennie Z, Payne Thomas J, Cui Wenyan, Ray Riju, Mitra Nandita, Lerman Caryn, Li Ming D
Abstract excerpt
Choline acetyltransferase is critical in the synthesis of acetylcholine and regulation of cholinergic neuron functions. We recently reported association of the encoding gene ChAT with both smoking cessation and nicotine dependence (ND) in two independent European American (EA) samples; however, in the replication sample, only limited SNPs partially covering the gene were examined. In this study, we examined the...
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