title: Genetic analysis of FGF20 variants in Chinese Han patients with essential tremor.
abstract: Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most frequent neurological disorders with elusive etiology, typically characterized by postural and kinetic tremors. Evidence reveals that genetic components are implicated in the development of ET and there are some overlaps between ET and Parkinson's disease in clinical features and etiology. Variants in the fibroblast growth factor 20 gene (FGF20) have been reported to be associated with the risk of Parkinson's disease. To evaluate the association between the FGF20 gene variants and ET susceptibility, we conducted genetic analysis of five FGF20 variants (rs1721100, rs1989754, rs10089600, rs12720208, and rs17550360) in 200 patients with ET and 426 ethnically-matched Chinese Han normal controls. Statistical analysis did not identify significant differences in genotypic or allelic frequencies of variants between ET patients and normal controls (all P>0.05). No related haplotype was found to be related to the risk of ET. The findings indicate the FGF20 gene might not play a dominating role in the genetic predisposition to ET in Chinese Han population.
authors.affiliation: Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Department of Neurology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Lamei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Zhijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Department of Neurology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. Electronic address: hdeng008@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D020329:Essential Tremor / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: C416003:FGF20 protein, human; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors
keywords: Essential tremor; FGF20 gene; Genotyping; Risk; Variant