Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) gene polymorphism may not confer a susceptibility to mood disorders

  • Chi Un Pae
  • , Soo Jung Yoon
  • , Ashwin A. Patkar
  • , Jung Jin Kim
  • , Chul Lee
  • , In Ho Paik

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Abstract

Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) plays a key role in the cellular antioxidant defense by detoxifying quinine derivatives. Case-control association study of the possible relationship between the NQO1 gene polymorphism and mood disorders (patients with major depressive disorder, n = 61; patients with bipolar I disorder, n = 80; control, n = 106) was carried out using PCR-based techniques. These preliminary results showed that the NQO1 gene polymorphism was not related to a susceptibility to mood disorders.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)83-86
Number of pages4
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume153
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant (KRF-2004-003-E00145) from the Korea Research Foundation. The authors express their sincere gratitude to all the patients who participated in the study.

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Mood disorder
  • NQO1 gene
  • Polymorphism

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