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Depression in systemic lupus erythematosus patients is associated with link-polymorphism but not methylation status of the 5HTT promoter region.
Lupus - 1 Sept 2013
Xu J, Cheng Y Q, Chen B, Bai R, Li S, Xu X F, Xu L, Wen J F, Lu Z P, Zeng X F
Abstract excerpt
A higher prevalence of depression in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients has been reported, though the mechanism underlying this phenomenon remains unclear. The present study was conducted to explore whether the polymorphism and methylation status of the serotonin transporter gene (5HTT) promoter region (PR-5HTT) contribute to depression in SLE patients from both genetic and epigenetic perspectives. In...
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