Yegin, ZeynepAvsar, CumhurSarisoy, Gokhan2025-03-232025-03-2320201746-09131746-0921https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2020-0166https://hdl.handle.net/11486/4862Aim: The aim of our study was to investigate whether the retrotransposon human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K113 could be related with bipolar disorder or not. As a second and a preliminary aim, we also conducted bacterial screening in whole blood in a limited number of samples. Patients & methods: Three separate PCR reactions including the preintegration sites and sites within the viral sequences were performed for HERV-K113 detection. Bacterial screening was performed with SSCP/sequencing analysis. Results & conclusion: No difference was observed in terms of the frequency of retrotransposon HERV-K113 in Turkish bipolar disorder patients and healthy controls. SSCP/sequencing and alignment analysis for bacterial screening reflected the possible presence of different bacteria. We strongly recommend the broadened retrotransposon and microbial diversity analyses in bipolar disorder for future studies.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessbipolar disorderHERV-K113human endogenous retrovirusmicrobiotaretrotransposonThe frequency of retrotransposon human endogenous retrovirus-K113 and a preliminary analysis of some microbial clues in bipolar disorderArticle151710.2217/fmb-2020-0166332155242-s2.0-85097937780Q2WOS:000591192500001Q3