Article
Differential Response to Risperidone in Schizophrenia Patients by KCNH2 Genotype and Drug Metabolizer Status.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 2016
Heide Juliane, Zhang Fengyu, Bigos Kristin L, Mann Stefan A, Carr Vaughan J, Shannon Weickert Cynthia, Green Melissa J, Weinberger Daniel R, Vandenberg Jamie I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Antipsychotic drugs target dopamine and serotonin receptors as well as Kv11.1 potassium channels encoded by KCNH2. Variable patient responses and a wide range of side effects, however, limit their efficacy. Slow metabolizer status and gene variants in KCNH2 associated with increased expression of Kv11.1-3.1, an alternatively spliced isoform of Kv11.1, are correlated with improved responses to...
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