Hypermethylation of serotonin transporter gene in bipolar disorder detected by epigenome analysis of discordant monozygotic twins

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sugawara, H ^a,b   Iwamoto, K ^a,c   Bundo, M ^a,c   Ueda, J ^a   Miyauchi, T ^a   Komori, A ^a   Kazuno, A ^a   Adati, N ^d   Kusumi, I ^e   Okazaki, Y ^f   Ishigooka, J ^b   Kojima, T ^d   Kato, T ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; DNA methylation; Monozygotic twins; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79960828534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2011.26     Document Type: Article

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