Collaborative meta-Analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 133-142

  Culverhouse, R C ^a   Saccone, N L ^a   Horton, A C ^a   Ma, Y ^a   Anstey, K J ^b   Banaschewski, T ^c   Burmeister, M ^d,e   Cohen Woods, S ^f   Etain, B ^g,h,i   Fisher, H L ^j   Goldman, N ^k   Guillaume, S ^l,m,n   Horwood, J ^o   Juhasz, G ^p,q   Lester, K J ^r   Mandelli, L ^s   Middeldorp, C M ^t   Olie E ^l,m,n   Villafuerte, S ^d   Air, T M ^u   Araya, R ^v   Bowes, L ^w   Burns, R ^b   Byrne, E M ^x   Coffey, C ^y   Coventry, W L ^z   Gawronski, K A B ^aa   Glei, D ^ab   Hatzimanolis, A ^ac,ad   Hottenga, J J ^t,ae   Jaussent, I ^m   Jawahar, C ^u   Jennen Steinmetz, C ^c   Kramer, J R ^af   Lajnef, M ^ag   Little, K ^y,ah   Zu Schwabedissen, H M ^ai   Nauck, M ^aj   Nederhof, E ^ak   Petschner, P ^p   Peyrot, W J ^ae   Schwahn, C ^aj   Sinnamon, G ^u   Stacey, D ^u   Tian, Y ^al   Toben, C ^u   Van Der Auwera, S ^aj   Wainwright, N ^am   Wang, J C ^an   Willemsen, G ^t,ae   Anderson, I M ^q,ao   Arolt, V ^ap   Aslund, C ^aq,ar   Bagdy, G ^p   Baune, B T ^u   Bellivier, F ^g,h,i   Boomsma, D I ^t,ae   Courtet, P ^l,m,n   Dannlowski, U ^ap   De Geus, E J C ^t,ae   Deakin, J F W ^q,ao   Easteal, S ^as   Eley, T ^j   Fergusson, D M ^o   Goate, A M ^an   Gonda, X ^p   Grabe, H J ^aj   Holzman, C ^al   Johnson, E O ^at   Kennedy, M ^o   Laucht, M ^c   Martin, N G ^au   Munafo M R ^av   Nilsson, K W ^aq,ar   Oldehinkel, A J ^ak   Olsson, C A ^ah,aw,ax   Ormel, J ^ak   Otte, C ^ay   Patton, G C ^az   Penninx, B W J H ^ae   Ritchie, K ^m   Sarchiapone, M ^aj   Scheid, J M ^ba   Serretti, A ^s   Smit, J H ^ae   Stefanis, N C ^ac,ad   Surtees, P G ^am   Volzke H ^bb   Weinstein, M ^ab   Whooley, M ^e   Nurnberger, J I ^e   Breslau, N ^al   Bierut, L J ^a   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ INSERM   (France)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^m INSERM U1061   (France)

ⁿ MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^p SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^t VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^v LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^y MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^ab GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^ad Theodor Theohari Cozzika Foundation   (Greece)

^ae VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^af UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^ag INSERM U955   (France)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^aj UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^ak UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^al MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^an MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^aq UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ar Västmanland s Hospital Västerås   (Sweden)

^as Australian National University   (Australia)

^at RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^au QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^av UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^aw DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ax CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^az Michigan State University   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^bb INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HTTLPR GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; COMPLICATION; COOPERATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85016999443     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.44     Document Type: Article

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