No association between the tyrosine hydroxylase microsatellite marker HUMTH01 and schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
Psychiatr Genet
; 8(2): 45-8, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
Linkage and association studies have implicated the involvement of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene on chromosome 11p15 in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BPD). An association of BPD with a polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat, HUMTH01, located in the first intron of the human TH gene has been reported. Subsequently a rare allele, Ep ([TCAT]10) of this microsatellite marker has been found in French and Tunisian schizophrenic patients only. We have genotyped a different sample of unrelated French schizophrenic and BPD patients from Alsace and matched controls for this polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat sequence. The Ep allele was insignificantly more common in controls than in schizophrenic patients, thus not showing a particular association with schizophrenia. In addition, analysis of the segregation of the Ep allele in the family of one of the schizophrenic patients showed no transmission of this allele from the healthy mother to her schizophrenic daughter. Nevertheless, we did observe a non-significant trend towards an association between HUMTH01 allele D ([TCAT]9) and schizophrenia (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.053). No association was apparent between HUMTH01 and BPD Psychiatr Genet.
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Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Tirosina 3-Mono-Oxigenase
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Transtorno Bipolar
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Repetições de Microssatélites
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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