Common variants in polygenic schizophrenia.
Common variant single-nucleotide polymorphisms at the MHC locus have recently been associated with schizophrenia. Together with known associations with rare copy-number variants affecting many genes, this reveals the highly polygenic etiology of the disease.
Glessner
Joseph T
JT
Center for Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Hakonarson
Hakon
H
D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D000074562:Receptor, Notch4; D051880:Receptors, Notch / Q000235:genetics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*
C106075:NOTCH4 protein, human; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000074562:Receptor, Notch4; D051880:Receptors, Notch