DNA methylation of the BDNF gene and its relevance to psychiatric disorders

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 434-438

  Ikegame, Tempei ^a   Bundo, Miki ^a   Murata, Yui ^a   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a   Kato, Tadafumi ^b   Iwamoto, Kazuya ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Peripheral blood; Postmortem brain; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; MESSENGER RNA; MOOD STABILIZER;

ALLELE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DENTATE HILUS; DNA METHYLATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84880867623     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.65     Document Type: Review

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