title: Is there a genetic susceptibility locus for Parkinson's disease on chromosome 22q13?
abstract: The cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase gene, CYP2D6 on chromosome 22q13 (ch22q13), has been inconsistently associated with Parkinson's disease. Associations with CYP2D6 have either been absent altogether or have involved more than one polymorphism, many of which have the same metabolic effect on gene expression. We examined the association between CYP2D6 polymorphisms and Parkinson's disease in a case-control study and included 10 polymorphic dinucleotide repeat markers linked to CYP2D6 to determine whether the association was present or due to linkage disequilibrium. There was no association between any polymorphism of CYP2D6 and Parkinson's disease, but two of 10 dinucleotide repeat markers linked to CYP2D6 were associated with the disease. These results provide evidence to suggest that there may be an unidentified locus for susceptibility to Parkinson's disease that is in linkage disequilibrium with dinucleotide repeat markers mapping near CYP2D6 on ch22q13.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelmsen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naini
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Cote
authors.forename: M X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graziano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayeux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System