title: Failure to confirm an association between Epsin 4 and schizophrenia in a Japanese population.
abstract: Previous studies suggested that genetic variations in the 5' region of Epsin 4, a gene encoding enthoprotin on chromosome 5q33, are associated with schizophrenia. However, conflicting results have also been reported. We examined the possible association in a Japanese sample of 354 patients and 365 controls. Seventeen polymorphisms of Epsin 4 [3 microsatellites and 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)] were selected. A microsatellite marker (D5S1403) demonstrated a significant difference in the allele frequency between patients and controls (uncorrected P = 0.04). However, there was no significant difference in the genotype or allele frequency between the two groups for the other microsatellites or SNPs. Haplotype-based analysis provided no evidence for an association. The positive result at D5S1403 no longer reached statistical significance when multiple testing was taken into consideration. Our results suggest that the examined region of Epsin 4 does not have a major influence on susceptibility to schizophrenia in Japanese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Misty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shizuno
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamegaya
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Mayu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Kunimasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kunugi
mesh_terms: D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; C475910:CLINT1 protein, human