Research Trends and Hotspots Analysis Related to the Effects of Xenobiotics on Glucose Metabolism in Male Testes.

This study aimed to integrate and analyze the existing studies and to explore research trends and hotspots related to the effects of xenobiotics on glucose metabolism in male testes. All articles were retrieved from the PubMed database, from an inception date up to 10 June 2017. CiteSpace software (version 5.

No association found between the promoter variations of QKI and schizophrenia in the Chinese population.

Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder with a strong genetic component. Several recent published studies have reported that the mRNA expression level of quaking homolog, KH domain RNA binding (QKI) is down regulated in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Methods: We were interested in the genetic variants around the promoter region of QKI and selected seven variants in this region, namely rs4263561, rs3904720, rs387504, rs3763197, rs7772756, rs7758706 and rs4709716.

Positive association between OLIG2 and schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population.

A recent study reported that OLIG2 had a significant association with schizophrenia in the UK population. We genotyped three variants scattered among the genomic region of OLIG2, namely rs1005573, rs762178 and rs1059004 in a sample consisting of 329 schizophrenia patients and 288 controls. The results provide further evidence that the SNP rs762178 in OLIG2 seems to be a potential candidate in altering risk for schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population and worthy of further replication and functional study.