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Vitamin D insufficiency and schizophrenia risk: evaluation of hyperprolinemia as a mediator of association.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jun 2014
Clelland James D, Read Laura L, Drouet Valérie, Kaon Angela, Kelly Alexandra, Duff Karen E, Nadrich Robert H, Rajparia Amit, Clelland Catherine L
Abstract excerpt
25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) deficits have been associated with schizophrenia susceptibility and supplementation has been recommended for those at-risk. Although the mechanism by which a deficit confers risk is unknown, vitamin D is a potent transcriptional modulator and can regulate proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) expression. PRODH maps to chromosome 22q11, a region conferring the highest known genetic risk of...
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