title: Family-based association studies of monoaminergic gene polymorphisms among North Indians with schizophrenia.
abstract: Associations between schizophrenia and four candidate genes were tested among Indian patients with schizophrenia and their parents (DSM-IV criteria, n = 179 families). Polymorphisms within the genes encoding the serotonin 2A receptor (HT2A), tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) and dopamine transporter (DAT) were thus investigated. Two polymorphisms each were analyzed at HT2A and TPH, enabling haplotype-based analyses using the transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) for these genes. No significant associations were detected. Pooled analysis of samples like ours may be necessary to definitively exclude putative allelic associations at these loci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Semwal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Nimgaonkar
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Thelma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002394:Catechol O-Methyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000235:genetics*; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C493214:SLC6A3 protein, human; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase; D002394:Catechol O-Methyltransferase