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A DRD2 and ANKK1 haplotype is associated with nicotine dependence.
Psychiatry research - 30 Apr 2012
Voisey Joanne, Swagell Christopher Dean, Hughes Ian Paul, van Daal Angela, Noble Ernest Pascal, Lawford Bruce Robert, Young Ross McDonald, Morris Charles Phillip
Abstract excerpt
To test the importance of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) region in nicotine dependence, 150 smokers and 228 controls were genotyped for the DRD2 C957T, -141delC and ANKK1 TaqIA polymorphisms (rs6277, rs1799732 and rs1800497, respectively). The -141delC SNP did not show any association but both the C957T and TaqIA SNPs showed association at the allele, genotype, haplotype and combined genotype levels. The...
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