title: Possible epistatic role of ADH7 in the protection against alcoholism.
abstract: In recent studies of the role of the alcohol dehydrogenase genes (ADH) in alcoholism the ADH1B Arg47His polymorphism appears to affect risk via a protective effect associated with the ADH1B*47His. Here we present evidence for an additional effect from outside the Class I ADH genes, presumably from functional variation at the ADH7 gene. The protective effect is restricted to one of two haplotypes identical at ADH1B but differing at an intronic SNP at ADH7 suggesting epistasis or strong linkage disequilibrium (LD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, SHM I-353, Yale University School of Medicine, 3334 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Osier
authors.forename: R-B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pakstis
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.forename: S-Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kenneth K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kidd
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005260:Female; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase