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The pharmacogenetics of antidepressant-induced mania: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Federico M Daray1, Sairah B Thommi, S Nassir Ghaemi
1Hospital Neuropsiquiátrico Braulio A. Moyano, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Objective:
Antidepressant-induced mania (AIM) has been associated with the serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism in some studies but not in others. We conducted a meta-analysis of those studies and other studies of genetic predictors of AIM.
Methods:
MEDLINE-based searches of genetic studies of AIM were conducted, and a meta-analysis of six studies of 5-HTTLPR was performed. Other polymorphisms were insufficiently studied to allow for meta-analysis.
Results:
There was an association of the short (s) variant of 5-HTTLPR and AIM [risk ratio (RR) = 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04-1.76, p=0.02]. There was a higher frequency of s carriers (sl and ss genotypes) in those who developed AIM [RR = 1.38, 95% CI: 0.98-1.93), p=0.06].
Conclusion:
The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism appears to have a moderate effect size association with AIM in patients with bipolar disorder.
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