title: Functional serotonin 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is a risk factor for migraine with aura.
abstract: In the present work, we report that the functional serotonin transporter gene promoter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism is involved in migraine pathogenesis. The distribution of 5-HTTLPR genotypes was significantly different in MA patients (S/S vs. S/L vs. L/L=32.7 vs. 42.3 vs. 25.0%), MO patients (18.5 vs. 39.1 vs. 42.4%) and CON (18.0 vs. 51.3 vs. 30.7%; chi-square test, p<0.05). In 5-HTTLPR S/S carriers, the odds ratio for MA risk was 2.60 (95% confidence interval [95%CI]=1.75-3.85) compared to CON, and it was 2.14 (95%CI=1.42-3.21) compared to MO. These data provide a further insight on the complex genotype-phenotype relationship involved in MA pathogenesis, and might eventually result in new and individualised prognostic and therapeutic measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, I-25100 Brescia, Italy. bborroni@inwind.it
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Borroni
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brambilla
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liberini
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Archetti
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gipponi
authors.forename: Giorgio Dalla
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Volta
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padovani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins