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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/srep01548
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30971040, 30900459, 81271496]
- National Key Technology R&D Program during the 11th Five-Year of China [2007BAI17B05]
- Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2005ABA105]
- Youth Talent Foundation of Hubei Province Hygiene Department [QJX2008-23]
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a long-term, recurrent condition that often takes a chronic course. It seems imperative that research should be focused on gaining a better understanding of what predicts recurrent MDD. As a major mediator of the stress response, corticotropin-releasing-hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) has been demonstrated to be an important contributor to the pathogenesis of MDD. In this study, we show a significant increase in the G-allele (rs242939) of the CRHR1 gene in the recurrent MDD group compared with the control group, and an overrepresentation of G-G-T hyplotype of the CRHR1 gene in recurrent MDD. We also demonstrate the interaction of the CRHR1 gene and negative life events in recurrent MDD. These results suggest that the CRHR1 gene could modify the susceptibility to developing recurrent MDD following negative life events in adulthood.
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