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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) association with melancholic depression: a female specific effect? |
Author: | Baune, B. Hohoff, C. Mortensen, L. Deckert, J. Arolt, V. Domschke, K. |
Citation: | Depression and Anxiety, 2008; 25(11):920-925 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Liss |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1091-4269 1520-6394 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bernhard T. Baune, Christa Hohoff, Lena S. Mortensen, Jürgen Deckert, Volker Arolt and Katharina Domschke |
Abstract: | Earlier studies yielded inconsistent results on the association between variation in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and depression, with evidence for a differential effect of the 5-HTTLPR on melancholic versus atypical depression. To further delineate the impact of 5-HTT gene variation on psychopathology in depression, in this analysis the influence of the 5-HTTLPR and the functionally closely related 5-HTT rs25531 was investigated in 340 Caucasian patients with a major depressive episode (DSM-IV) with particular attention to the subtype of depression (melancholic depression versus atypical depression) applying logistic regression models adjusted for age and gender. The homozygous, more active 5-HTTLPR LL genotype was significantly associated with melancholic depression (odds ratio, OR, 1.7; 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.1-2.6; P=0.04), with the effect originating in the female subgroup of patients (OR 1.9; 95%CI 1.0-3.4; P=0.05). Also, the more active 5-HTTLPR/5-HTT rs25531 haplotype L(A)L(A) conveyed a significant risk for melancholic depression (OR 2.0; 95%CI 1.3-3.1; P=0.001), again only in the female subsample of patients (OR 2.1; 95%CI 1.1-4.1; P=0.02). The present results provide further support for an association of genetic variation increasing serotonin transporter activity with the melancholic subtype of depression as well as evidence for a potential female-specific mechanism underlying this effect. |
Keywords: | major depressive episode melancholic depression serotonin transporter gender effect |
Rights: | © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1002/da.20433 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.20433 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Psychiatry publications |
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