title: A case-control association analysis of CABIN1 with schizophrenia in a Japanese population.
abstract: Calcineurin (CN) is a calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine/threonine protein phosphatase and regulates neuronal structure, neurotransmission and activity-dependent gene expression. Several studies have indicated that CN signaling is likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. The gene encoding CN-binding protein 1 (CABIN1) is located on 22q11.23, one of the common susceptibility loci for schizophrenia. Therefore, CABIN1 is a promising functional and positional candidate gene for schizophrenia. To assess whether CABIN1 is implicated in vulnerability to schizophrenia, we conducted a case-control association study between CABIN1 and schizophrenia. The results showed no evidence of an association between CABIN1 and schizophrenia using 11 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in 1193 Japanese subjects. Our results suggest that CABIN1 may not confer increased susceptibility for schizophrenia in the Japanese population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan. yuichiro@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nunokawa
authors.forename: Naoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Someya
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C491861:CABIN1 protein, human