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TCF7L2 lncRNA: a link between bipolar disorder and body mass index through glucocorticoid signaling.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Dec 2021
Liu Duan, Nguyen Thanh Thanh Le, Gao Huanyao, Huang Huaizhi, Kim Daniel C, Sharp Brenna, Ye Zhenqing, Lee Jeong-Heon, Coombes Brandon J, Ordog Tamas, Wang Liewei, Biernacka Joanna M, Frye Mark A, Weinshilboum Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder (BD) and obesity are highly comorbid. We previously performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for BD risk accounting for the effect of body mass index (BMI), which identified a genome-wide significant single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the gene encoding the transcription factor 7 like 2 (TCF7L2). However, the molecular function of TCF7L2 in the central nervous system (CNS) and its...
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