The role of melatonin receptor 1B gene (MTNR1B) in the susceptibility to depression and type 2 diabetes comorbidity

• Mutaz Amin,
• Benjamin Rafla,
• Rongling Wu,
• Teodor T. Postolache,
• Claudia Gragnoli

Affiliations

Mutaz Amin

INSERM, US14-Orphanet, Paris 75014, France; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum 11121, Sudan

Benjamin Rafla

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68124, USA

Rongling Wu

Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; Department of Statistics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA

Teodor T. Postolache

Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, Military and Veteran Microbiome: Consortium for Research and Education (MVM-CoRE), Denver, CO 80246, USA; Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 5, VA Capitol Health Care Network, Baltimore, MD 21090, USA

Claudia Gragnoli

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68124, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; Molecular Biology Laboratory, Bios Biotech Multi-Diagnostic Health Center, Rome 00197, Italy; Corresponding author. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68124, USA. Tel.: +1 (508) 246 9330.