Article
Association study of BDNF with completed suicide in the Japanese population.
Psychiatry research - 30 Oct 2013
Ratta-Apha Woraphat, Hishimoto Akitoyo, Yoshida Masakuni, Ueno Yasuhiro, Asano Migiwa, Shirakawa Osamu, Sora Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
We explored the association between the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene with suicide using 307 Japanese completed suicides, 380 healthy controls, and data from previously published samples. The meta-analyses of the valine with methionine in codon 66 (Val66Met) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) showed that the Met-allele tended to be associated with attempted suicide in Asian populations, but not with...
Topics
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Meta-Analysis as Topic
- Methionine
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
