α-5/α-3 nicotinic receptor subunit alleles increase risk for heavy smoking

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-373

  Berrettini, W ^a,b,c   Yuan, X ^b,c   Tozzi, F ^b,c   Song, K ^b,c   Francks, C ^b,c   Chilcoat, H ^b   Waterworth, D ^b,c   Muglia, P ^b,c,d   Mooser, V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c GSK   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Genetic association; Nicotine dependence; Nicotinic receptor subunit; Whole genome association

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA5 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 40849097777     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002154     Document Type: Article

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