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Pharmacoepigenetics of depression: no major influence of MAO-A DNA methylation on treatment response.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jan 2015
Domschke Katharina, Tidow Nicola, Schwarte Kathrin, Ziegler Christiane, Lesch Klaus-Peter, Deckert Jürgen, Arolt Volker, Zwanzger Peter, Baune Bernhard T
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The monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) gene has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis as well as the pharmacological treatment of major depressive disorder. In the present analysis, for the first time a pharmacoepigenetic approach was applied investigating the influence of DNA methylation patterns in the MAO-A regulatory and exon1/intron1 region on antidepressant treatment response. 94 patients of Caucasian...
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