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  • Title: Clinical and pathogenic aspects of candidate genes for lithium prophylactic efficacy.
    Author: Rybakowski JK, Czerski P, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Kliwicki S, Leszczynska-Rodziewicz A, Permoda-Osip A, Skibinska M, Suwalska A, Szczepankiewicz A, Hauser J.
    Journal: J Psychopharmacol; 2012 Mar; 26(3):368-73. PubMed ID: 21890592.
    Abstract:
    A number of candidate genes for lithium prophylactic efficacy have been proposed, some of them being also associated with a predisposition to bipolar illness. The aim of the present study was to investigate a possible association between polymorphisms of 14 common genes with the quality of prophylactic lithium response in patients with bipolar mood disorder, in relation to the putative role of these genes in the pathogenesis of this disorder. Some association with lithium prophylactic efficacy was found for the polymorphisms of 5HTT, DRD1, COMT, BDNF and FYN genes, but not for 5HT2A, 5HT2C, DRD2, DRD3, DRD4, GSK-3, NTRK2, GRIN2B and MMP-9. Possible aspects of these genes with regard to the mechanism of lithium activity and pathogenesis of bipolar mood disorder are discussed.
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