Evidence for transmission disequilibrium at the DAOA gene locus in a schizophrenia family sample

  • Jie Ma
  • , Jian Sun
  • , Huan Zhang
  • , Rui Zhang
  • , Wan Hu Kang
  • , Cheng Ge Gao
  • , Hai Sheng Liu
  • , Xue Hong Ma
  • , Zi Xin Min
  • , Wen Xiang Zhao
  • , Qi Lan Ning
  • , Shu Hong Wang
  • , Yin Cang Zhang
  • , Ting Wei Guo
  • , She Min Lu

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Abstract

Recently, the DAOA gene locus on chromosome 13q32-q34 has been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia. We genotyped three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs: rs778294, rs779293 and rs3918342) in this region in 126 Chinese family trios. In this study, we have identified statistically significant transmission disequilibrium in two markers rs778293 (P = 0.01) and rs3918342 (P = 0.02), and a highly significant under-transmission between haplotype CAT (P = 0.0005) and schizophrenia. The results provide further evidence to support that DAOA gene locus is involved in conferring susceptibility to schizophrenia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-108
Number of pages4
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume462
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Sep 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Association
  • DAOA
  • Haplotype
  • SNP
  • Schizophrenia
  • TDT

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