Association analysis of NOTCH4 loci in schizophrenia using family and population-based controls

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作者
Sklar, P [1 ]
Schwab, SG
Williams, NM
Daly, M
Schaffner, S
Maier, W
Albus, M
Trixler, M
Eichhammer, P
Lerer, B
Hallmayer, J
Norton, N
Williams, H
Zammit, S
Cardno, AG
Jones, S
McCarthy, G
Milanova, V
Kirov, G
O'Donovan, MC
Lander, ES
Owen, MJ
Wildenauer, DB
机构
[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] MIT, Whitehead Inst, Ctr Genome Res, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] Univ Bonn, Dept Psychiat, Genet Mol Lab, D-53111 Bonn, Germany
[5] Cardiff Univ, Dept Psychol Med, Cardiff CF4 4XN, S Glam, Wales
[6] Univ Bonn, Dept Psychiat, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
[7] Mental State Hosp, D-85529 Haar, Germany
[8] Univ Pecs, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, H-7623 Pecs, Hungary
[9] Univ Regensburg, Dept Psychiat, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
[10] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Hadassah Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, IL-91120 Jerusalem, Israel
[11] Univ Western Australia, Graylands Hosp, Ctr Clin Res Neuropscyhiat, Mtr Claremont, WA 6010, Australia
[12] Med Univ Sofia, Dept Psychiat, Sofia 1431, Bulgaria
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 英国惠康基金; 英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1038/88836
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
A genetic association between NOTCH4 and schizophrenia has previously been proposed(1). Unsing all markers previously shown to be associated, we found no evidence for such in three independent family-based samples (n=519 parent-offspring trios), and a case-control sample derived from the same ethnic background as the original observaton, These data strongly suggest that NOTCH4 is not a significant susceptibility allele for schizophrenia.
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