title: Association study of neuregulin 1 gene with schizophrenia.
abstract: A number of studies have indicated that 8p22-p12 is likely to harbor schizophrenia susceptibility loci. In this region, the candidate gene of interest, neuregulin 1 (NRG1), may play a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Then in the present study, we performed the linkage disequilibrium to determine the association between three genetic variants (SNPs: rs3924999, rs2954041, SNP8NRG221533) on NRG1 gene and schizophrenia in 246 Chinese Han schizophrenic family trios using PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism method and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. The transmission disequilibrium test analysis for each variant showed a significant difference between two transmitted alleles even after Bonferroni correction (rs3924999, P=0.007752; rs2954041, P=0.0009309; SNP8NRG221533, P=0.012606). The global chi(2) test for haplotype transmission also revealed a strong association (chi(2)=46.068, df=7, P&<0.000001). Our results suggest that the NRG1 gene may play a role in conferring susceptibility to the disease.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D020890:Neuregulin-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020890:Neuregulin-1