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CACNA1C hypermethylation is associated with bipolar disorder.
Translational psychiatry - 7 Jun 2016
Starnawska A, Demontis D, Pen A, Hedemand A, Nielsen A L, Staunstrup N H, Grove J, Als T D, Jarram A, O'Brien N L, Mors O, McQuillin A, Børglum A D, Nyegaard M
Abstract excerpt
The CACNA1C gene, encoding a subunit of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel is one of the best-supported susceptibility genes for bipolar disorder (BD). Genome-wide association studies have identified a cluster of non-coding single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in intron 3 to be highly associated with BD and schizophrenia. The mechanism by which these SNPs confer risk of BD appears to be through an altered...
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