title: Depression in Alzheimer's disease: the effect of serotonin receptor gene variation.
abstract: This study investigated possible associations between selected polymorphisms in the serotonin receptor genes, 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C, with the presence of co-morbid depressive illness at baseline in a community based cohort of 158 patients with late onset patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). An association was found between the presence of major depressive illness at baseline and both the 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C polymorphisms. Specifically, homozygous carriers of the 5-HT2A C102 allele were five times more likely to have major depressive illness than heterozygotes. In addition, homozygous or hemizygous carriers of the 5-HT2C Ser allele were 12 times more likely to have major depressive illness than homozygous or hemizygous carriers of the 5-HT2C Cys allele.
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, Clinical Neurosciences Research Division, Memory Assessment and Research Centre, Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom. ch4@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arranz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovestone
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A / Q000235:genetics; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C / Q000235:genetics; D044348:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D044348:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2