Article
Association between clozapine response and allelic variation in 5-HT2A receptor gene.
Lancet (London, England) - 29 Jul 1995
Arranz M, Collier D, Sodhi M, Ball D, Roberts G, Price J, Sham P, Kerwin R
Abstract excerpt
We report allelic association between a polymorphism (T102C) within the coding region of the 5-HT2A gene (HTR2A, 13q14-21) and response to clozapine in schizophrenic patients. Homozygosity for the C102 allele was more frequent (30/57, 53%) among patients who did not respond to clozapine than in those who responded (23/92, 25%). This finding is evidence that allelic variation of genes which encode neurotransmitter...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Clozapine
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
