title: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and risk of schizophrenia: an association study and meta-analysis.
abstract: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is the most widely distributed neurotrophin in the central nervous system (CNS), and performs many biological functions such as neural survival, differentiation, and plasticity. Previous studies have suggested that variants in the BDNF gene increase the risk of schizophrenia. In this study, we genotyped one (GT)n dinucleotide repeat and three SNPs (rs6265, rs2030324, and rs2883187) in a Chinese sample (617 cases and 672 controls). In addition, we performed an updated meta-analysis based on 16 population-based case-control studies examining association between rs6265 and schizophrenia. In single-locus analysis, no significant association was found between BDNF polymorphisms and schizophrenia in our subjects. The meta-analysis based on Asian and Caucasian subjects did not give positive result that rs6265 is associated with schizophrenia. However, haplotype analysis found a common four-locus haplotype is protective against schizophrenia (Case 3.1% vs Control 7%, p=0.0011). Our data provides evidence that BDNF is a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in Chinese subjects.
authors.affiliation: Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lulu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yongyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xinzhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guoyin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shaomin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012306:Risk; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor