Haplotype-Based Linkage of Tryptophan Hydroxylase 2 to Suicide Attempt, Major Depression, and Cerebrospinal Fluid 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in 4 Populations
Author(s) -
Zhifeng Zhou,
Alec Roy,
Robert H. Lipsky,
Kavi Kuchipudi,
Guanshan Zhu,
Julie Taubman,
MaryAnne Enoch,
Matti Virkkunen,
David Goldman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.62.10.1109
Subject(s) - tph2 , haplotype , tryptophan hydroxylase , proband , single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , depression (economics) , psychiatry , psychology , biology , allele , serotonergic , gene , genotype , serotonin , mutation , receptor , macroeconomics , economics
Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for brain serotonin biosynthesis. It was recently reported that the TPH2 haplotype was linked to depression in humans.
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