title: Dopamine D2 receptor gene Ser311Cys variant and schizophrenia: association study and meta-analysis.
abstract: An association has been reported between a dopamine D(2) receptor gene (DRD2) Ser311Cys variant and schizophrenia. In a replication attempt, Swedish patients with schizophrenia (n = 173) and control subjects (n = 236) were assessed for the DRD2 Ser311Cys variant. Schizophrenic patients displayed higher Cys311 allele frequencies than control subjects (4.0 vs. 0.8%, chi(2) = 9.49, df = 1, P = 0.002; odds ratio (OR) 4.93, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.61-15.12). The association was detected only in men. The results were supported by a meta-analysis of all published case-control studies comprising a total of 9,152 subjects (chi(2) = 11.37, df = 1, P < 0.001; OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.16-1.78). The present results support the involvement of the DRD2 gene in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, HUBIN Project, Karolinska Institutet and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. erikj@ks.se
authors.forename: Erik G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Jönsson
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sillén
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vares
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekholm
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terenius
authors.forename: Göran C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sedvall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000235:genetics*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2