Genetic variation in FKBP5 associated with the extent of stress hormone dysregulation in major depression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-296

  Menke, A ^a   Klengel, T ^a   Rubel, J ^a   Bruckl T ^a   Pfister, H ^a   Lucae, S ^a   Uhr, M ^a   Holsboer, F ^a   Binder, E B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; FKBP5; FKBP51; Gene expression; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Major depression; RNA; Rs1360780; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; FK506 BINDING PROTEIN 51; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84875812508     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12026     Document Type: Article

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