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Association between FKBP5 Functional Polymorphisms and Completed Suicide.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2015
Fudalej Sylwia, Kopera Maciej, Wołyńczyk-Gmaj Dorota, Fudalej Marcin, Krajewski Paweł, Wasilewska Krystyna, Szymański Konrad, Chojnicka Izabela, Podgórska Anna, Wojnar Marcin, Płoski Rafał
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis leads to impaired stress response. FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP5), which influences HPA axis activity via glucocorticoid receptors, is supposed to play an important role in the regulation of negative feedback and glucocorticoid resistance. Since ineffective stress response mechanisms are considered as a biological background of suicide...
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