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Genetic variation in the GCG and in the GLP1R genes and antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Mar 2014
Brandl Eva J, Tiwari Arun K, Chowdhury Nabilah I, Zai Clement C, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Meltzer Herbert Y, Kennedy James L, Müller Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
AIM: GLP-1 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and influences antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG). Our study is the first to investigate the encoding gene, GCG, and the GLP-1 receptor gene, GLP1R, and association with AIWG. MATERIALS & METHODS: In 216 schizophrenic patients treated with antipsychotics for up to 14 weeks, we investigated four GCG and 33 GLP1R polymorphisms. Statistical analyses were...
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