[Recently, the authors found that the -116C-->G substitution in the promotor region of XBP1, a pivotal gene in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, causes the impairment of ER stress response, and that the -116C/C genotype is a protective factor; in other words the presence of the G allele increases the risk for bipolar disorder.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE