Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 219-227 , June 2010

MicroRNAs and target site screening reveals a pre-microRNA-30e variant associated with schizophrenia

  • Yong Xu

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Hai Dian District, Beijing, 100084, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, PR China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Fei Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Hai Dian District, Beijing, 100084, PR China
    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, PR China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Bo Zhang

      Affiliations

    • MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China
    • ,
  • Kerang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, PR China
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  • Fuquan Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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  • Xuezhu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, PR China
    • ,
  • Ning Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, PR China
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  • Yan Ren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, PR China
    • ,
  • Manqiu Sui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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  • Pozi Liu

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Hai Dian District, Beijing, 100084, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Hai Dian District, Beijing, 100084, PR China. Tel./fax: +86 10 88258195.

Received 14 November 2009 ,Revised 18 February 2010 ,Accepted 26 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.02.1070

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 219-227 , June 2010

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