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Influence of BCL2 gene in major depression susceptibility and antidepressant treatment outcome.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Feb 2014
Zhang Chen, Wu Zhiguo, Hong Wu, Wang Zuowei, Peng Daihui, Chen Jun, Yuan Chengmei, Yu Shunying, Xu Lin, Fang Yiru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Our recent work indicated that low-expression of the anti-apoptotic protein B-cell/lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) mRNA was observed among untreated major depressive disorder (MDD) patients, and the subsequent altered level of Bcl-2 was found to be close to the antidepressant treatment outcome. The primary aim of this present study was to examine whether a particular gene, encoding Bcl-2 (BCL2) confers risk to...
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