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Evidence for a negative association between schizophrenia and a polymorphism in the insulin receptor substrate-3 (IRS-3) gene.
Neuro endocrinology letters - 1 Jan 2012
Melkersson Kristina, Persson Bengt
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OBJECTIVES: Since there are clear indications that schizophrenia is a systemic disorder, we sought for a common molecular basis for schizophrenia abnormalities in brain and body. Our hypothesis was that an impaired insulin and insulin-like growth factor signalling in cells might underlie changes in both brain and body in schizophrenia. In this regard, the insulin receptor substrates 1-4, linking both the insulin...
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