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TRANK1

Tetratricopeptide repeat and ankyrin repeat containing 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TRANK1 gene.[1]

Disease Linkage

Disease Linkage

Through a Genome-wide association study, TRANK1 has been relationed with the Bipolar disorder.[2]

References

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: Tetratricopeptide repeat and ankyrin repeat containing 1”.
  2. Mühleisen TW, Leber M, Schulze TG, Strohmaier J, Degenhardt F, Treutlein J, et al. (March 2014). “Genome-wide association study reveals two new risk loci for bipolar disorder”. Nature Communications. 5: 3339. doi:10.1038/ncomms4339. PMID 24618891.
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