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Correlation of major depressive disorder symptoms with FKBP5 but not FKBP4 expression in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Oct 2010
Tatro Erick T, Nguyen Timothy B, Bousman Chad A, Masliah Eliezer, Grant Igor, Atkinson J Hampton, Everall Ian P
Abstract excerpt
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant cause of morbidity in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). FKBP5 is a candidate gene with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs1360780 and rs3800373 associated with MDD. This gene product and its relative, FKBP4, physically associate with the glucocorticoid receptor whose function is implicated in MDD pathophysiology. Because these genes...
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