AKT1 is associated with schizophrenia across multiple symptom dimensions in the Irish Study of High Density Schizophrenia Families (ISHDSF)

摘要

BackgroundThe phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT signal transduction pathway is critical to cell growth and survival. In vitro functional studies indicate that the candidate schizophrenia susceptibility gene DTNBP1 influences AKT signaling to promote neuronal viability. The AKT1 gene has also been implicated in schizophrenia by association studies and decreased protein expression in the brains of schizophrenic patients.