Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1(MCP1) -2518 유전자 다형성과 주요 우울장애

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1(MCP1) -2518 Polymorphism and Major Depressive Disorder

Object：This study was designed to examine the association between monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP1) -2518 polymorphism and major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods：Ninety patients with MDD and 114 healthy controls participated in this study. Genotyping was performed by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Results：Genotype and allele distributions in patients with MDD were significantly different from those of the controls. In particular, subjects with the allele A were found to have an increased risk of MDD. Conclusion：The present study suggests that the MCP1 -2518 polymorphism may have a potential role for susceptibility to MDD in the Korean population and thus calls for consecutive studies in order to pile up the data with larger different ethnic background.