Epidermal growth factor gene polymorphism is different between schizophrenia and lung cancer patients in Korean population

• Published in: Neuroscience letters Vol. 374; no. 3; pp. 157 - 160
• Main Authors: Lim, Yun Jeong, Kim, Jong-Woo, Song, Ji Young, Hong, Mee-Suk, Jin, Sheng-Yu, Yoon, Seo Hyun, Park, Hae Jeong, Choe, Bong-Keun, Lee, Jung Joo, Yim, Sung-Vin, Hong, Seok-Il, Baik, Hyung Hwan, Ha, Eunyoung, Park, Yeon Hee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 21.02.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: 5' Untranslated Regions - genetics; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Epidermal growth factor (EGF); Epidermal Growth Factor - genetics; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; Humans; Korea - ethnology; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - ethnology; Lung Neoplasms - genetics; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - ethnology; Schizophrenia - genetics; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Korea; Schizophrenia; Lung cancer; Epidermal growth factor (EGF); Polymorphism; Psychosis; Human; Lung disease; Epidermal growth factor; Respiratory disease

Low incidence of cancer in schizophrenia is one of the interesting puzzles in psychiatric field over decades. Analysis of genetic difference between schizophrenia and lung cancer might provide us with possible clues to understand molecular mechanisms of pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Epidermal gr...