Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT), a key component in the control of the serotonergic system, is associated with endometriosis in an Italian population. Findings. A case-control study, comprising 137 Italian patients with surgically confirmed endometriosis and 120 healthy controls, was carried out. 5-HTT genotypes (LL, SL and SS) were obtained by polymerase chain reaction and gel electrophoresis analysis. We found no overall difference in genotypic and allelic distributions of the 5-HTT gene between cases and controls. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the 5-HTT L/S promoter polymorphism is not associated with susceptibility to endometriosis in the studied Italian patients. © 2014 Megiorni et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Megiorni, F., Resta, S., Yazdanian, D., Cavaggioni, G., Lia, C., Benedetti Panici, P., … Porpora, M. G. (2014). Lack of association between serotonin transporter 5-HTT gene polymorphism and endometriosis in an Italian patient population. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-13-12
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