title: p75(NTR) gene and suicide attempts in young adults with a history of childhood-onset mood disorder.
abstract: Recently, evidence has accumulated for the role of neurotrophic processes in mood disorders. Neurotrophins operate on receptors, one of which is the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)). We examined three p75(NTR) markers at the p75(NTR) gene, including a missense polymorphism that changes serine to leucine (S205L), for association with suicide attempt (SA) in 203 childhood-onset mood disorder (COMD) cases. There was no difference between COMD suicide attempters and COMD non-attempters with logistic regression models for any of the three markers. We also compared the three polymorphisms between 192 COMD cases and 192 matched healthy controls and found no significant differences between COMD and healthy controls. Our results do not support an association of the p75(NTR) S205L polymorphism with risk for COMD or SA in COMD.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bulgin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: C484065:NGFR protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor