ArticlePsychiatric genetics2016
Lack of association of SNPs from the FADS1-FADS2 gene cluster with major depression or suicidal behavior.
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- A Systematic Review of Candidate Genes for Major Depression.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Neuroimmune Genetic Overlap Between Chronic Pruritic Skin Diseases and Major Depressive Disorder: Insights from Cross-Trait GWAS Analysis.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026Article
- Omega-3 fatty acids and major depression: a Mendelian randomization study.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the neurobiology of major depressive disorder and suicide risk.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Review
- Food for Mood: Relevance of Nutritional Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Depression and Anxiety.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Review
- Biomarkers of Suicide Attempt Behavior: Towards a Biological Model of Risk.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Review
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids and recurrent mood disorders: Phenomenology, mechanisms, and clinical application.Progress in lipid research · 2017Review
- Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Depression: Current Status and Future Directions.Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism · 2016Article
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Abstract
Fatty acid desaturase genes (FADS1-FADS2) encode desaturases participating in the biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. As long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are implicated in major depressive disorder (MDD) and suicide risk, and as both are partly heritable, we studied the association of FADS1-FADS2 polymorphisms with MDD (635 cases, 480 controls) and suicide attempt status (291 attempters, 344 MDD nonattempters). Eighteen FADS-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped from Caucasians enrolled in Madrid (n=791) or New York City (n=324) and entered as predictors into logistic regression analyses with diagnostic group or suicide attempt history as outcomes and location and sex as covariates. No associations were observed between any single-nucleotide polymorphisms and diagnosis or attempt status. As statistical power was adequate, we conclude that FADS1-FADS2 genetic variants may not be a common determinant of MDD.
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