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SUBMITTER: Gontijo BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10452352 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gontijo Bruna Rodrigues BR Possatti Isabella I Fratelli Caroline Ferreira CF Pereira Alexandre Sampaio Rodrigues ASR Bonasser Larissa Sousa Silva LSS de Souza Silva Calliandra Maria CM Rodrigues da Silva Izabel Cristina IC
Biomedicines 20230815 8
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a disabling and particularly persistent mental disorder that is considered to be a priority public health problem. The active human dopamine transporter (DAT), which is encoded by the <i>SLC6A3</i> gene, regulates the dopamine concentration in the synaptic cleft. In this sense, this neurotransmitter is primordial in modulating human emotions. This systematic review aims to verify the <i>SLC6A3 (DAT1) 3'UTR VNTR (rs28363170)</i> gene variant's SS (9R/9R) genotyp ...[more]