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Sex-specific disease-associated modules for depression

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A recent study reveals sexually dimorphic disease-associated gene-expression modules and hub genes in postmortem brains from female and male individuals with depression. These modules are conserved in mouse models of depression.

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Figure 1: Sex-specific gene-expression modules in depression.

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Duman, R. Sex-specific disease-associated modules for depression. Nat Med 23, 1015–1017 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4391

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