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The FKBP5 Gene Affects Alcohol Drinking in Knockout Mice and Is Implicated in Alcohol Drinking in Humans.
International journal of molecular sciences - 5 Aug 2016
Qiu Bin, Luczak Susan E, Wall Tamara L, Kirchhoff Aaron M, Xu Yuxue, Eng Mimy Y, Stewart Robert B, Shou Weinian, Boehm Stephen L, Chester Julia A, Yong Weidong, Liang Tiebing
Abstract excerpt
FKBP5 encodes FK506-binding protein 5, a glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-binding protein implicated in various psychiatric disorders and alcohol withdrawal severity. The purpose of this study is to characterize alcohol preference and related phenotypes in Fkbp5 knockout (KO) mice and to examine the role of FKBP5 in human alcohol consumption. The following experiments were performed to characterize Fkpb5 KO mice. (1)...
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