The association study of DRD2, ACE and AGT gene polymorphisms and metamphetamine dependence |
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Authors: | Serý O Vojtová V Zvolský P |
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Affiliation: | Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic. omarsery@sci.muni.cz |
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Abstract: | We investigated the association between metamphetamine dependence and TaqI A polymorphism of the dopamine receptor D2 gene (DRD2), I/D polymorphism in angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and M235T polymorphism of the angiotensinogen gene (AGT) in 93 unrelated metamphetamine-dependent subjects and 131 controls. Our results did not prove any association of TaqI A polymorphism of the DRD2 gene, I/D polymorphism of ACE gene, and M235T polymorphism of AGT gene with the metamphetamine dependence in Caucasians of Czech origin. However, a significant difference in allele I frequency between male and female control groups for the I/D ACE polymorphism (p<0.03) was found. |
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