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SUBMITTER: Morkholt AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438386 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mørkholt Anne Skøttrup AS Wiborg Ove O Nieland Jette G K JGK Nielsen Søren S Nieland John Dirk JD
Scientific reports 20170519 1
Major depressive disorder is a complex and common mental disease, for which the pathology has not been elucidated. The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge about the importance of mitochondrial dysfunction, dysregulated lipid metabolism and inflammation. Mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1a (CPT1a) is a key molecule involved in lipid metabolism and mutations in CPT1a causing reduced function is hypothesized to have a protective role in the development of depression. Moreover ...[more]