Associations with depression

Abstract

This genomic analysis of more than 5,000 Chinese women with recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) has identified and replicated two genome-wide significant loci contributing to risk of MDD on chromosome 10. One is near the sirtuin1 (SIRT1) gene, and the other is in an intron of the phospholysine phosphohistidine inorganic pyrophosphate phosphatase (LHPP) gene. The authors suggest that the association close to SIRT1 may implicate abnormalities in mitochondria as risk factors for the disease.