title: Association study between novel promoter variants at the 5-HT2C receptor gene and human patients with bipolar affective disorder.
abstract: Two recently described adjacent DNA polymorphisms [(GT)12-18 and (CT)4-5] in the 5'-regulatory region of 5-HT2C receptor gene were analysed in a sample of 88 bipolar patients and 162 controls, all of Spanish origin. Statistical analyses revealed no overall allele or genotype associations with the disease. A haplotype analyses between the (GT)12-18/(CT)4-5 motif and a Cys23Ser variant of the 5-HT2C gene (which had previously been genotyped in the same sample) showed similar distributions between cases and controls. Only a slight increase of s-Ser23 haplotype was found in the subgroup of bipolar women with family history of psychiatric illness (OR=1.24 [95%CI: 1.12-1.38]).
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. gutierre@porthos.bio.ub.es
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papiol
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fañanás
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin