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Guirette M, Lan J, McKeown N, Brown MR, Chen H, DE Vries PS, Kim H, Rebholz CM, Morrison AC, Bartz TM, Fretts AM, Guo X, Lemaitre RN, Liu CT, Noordam R, DE Mutsert R, Rosendaal FR, Wang CA, Beilin L, Mori TA, Oddy WH, Pennell CE, Chai JF, Whitton C, VAN Dam RM, Liu J, Tai ES, Sim X, Neuhouser ML, Kooperberg C, Tinker L, Franceschini N, Huan T, Winkler TW, Bentley AR, Gauderman WJ, Heerkens L, Tanaka T, van Rooij J, Munroe PB, Warren HR, Voortman T, Chen H, Rao DC, Levy D, Ma J. Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis with DASH Diet Score Identified Novel Loci for Systolic Blood Pressure. medRxiv 2023:2023.11.10.23298402. [PMID: 37986948 PMCID: PMC10659476 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.10.23298402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Objective We examined interactions between genotype and a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score in relation to systolic blood pressure (SBP). Methods We analyzed up to 9,420,585 biallelic imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in up to 127,282 individuals of six population groups (91% of European population) from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium (CHARGE; n=35,660) and UK Biobank (n=91,622) and performed European population-specific and cross-population meta-analyses. Results We identified three loci in European-specific analyses and an additional four loci in cross-population analyses at P for interaction < 5e-8. We observed a consistent interaction between rs117878928 at 15q25.1 (minor allele frequency = 0.03) and the DASH diet score (P for interaction = 4e-8; P for heterogeneity = 0.35) in European population, where the interaction effect size was 0.42±0.09 mm Hg (P for interaction = 9.4e-7) and 0.20±0.06 mm Hg (P for interaction = 0.001) in CHARGE and the UK Biobank, respectively. The 1 Mb region surrounding rs117878928 was enriched with cis-expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) variants (P = 4e-273) and cis-DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTL) variants (P = 1e-300). While the closest gene for rs117878928 is MTHFS, the highest narrow sense heritability accounted by SNPs potentially interacting with the DASH diet score in this locus was for gene ST20 at 15q25.1. Conclusion We demonstrated gene-DASH diet score interaction effects on SBP in several loci. Studies with larger diverse populations are needed to validate our findings.
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- Mélanie Guirette
- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Programs of Nutrition, Department of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Biostatistics and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia
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- Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Saw Swee Hock, School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study and Population Sciences Branch, NHLBI, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg; Regensburg, Germany
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California; CA, USA
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Longitudinal Studies Section, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Clinical Pharmacology & Precision Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Centre of Clinical Pharmacology & Precision Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study and Population Sciences Branch, NHLBI, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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Kim TE, Kim SK, Shin MK, Jeong KH, Lee MH. Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Levels and Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Vitiligo. J Korean Med Sci 2022; 37:e110. [PMID: 35411730 PMCID: PMC9001181 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms has been established in many autoimmune diseases, including vitiligo, but the result is still controversial. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the serum vitamin D levels in vitiligo patients and to compare the association of VDR gene polymorphisms in vitiligo patients and healthy controls. METHODS We collected the data of age, sex, serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[OH]D) level, thyroid autoantibodies, disease duration, types of vitiligo, family history and the affected body surface area of vitiligo from 172 patients. And we analyzed the VDR gene polymorphisms in 130 vitiligo and 453 age-sex-matched control subjects. RESULTS The mean serum level of 25(OH)D in 172 vitiligo patients was 18.75 ± 0.60 ng/mL, which had no significant difference with a mean serum value of 25(OH)D in the Korean population. However, there were significant differences according to the duration of the disease and family history. Also, there were no significant differences in the genotypic and allelic distributions of 37 examined SNPs of VDR gene between vitiligo patients and healthy controls. CONCLUSION Serum level of 25(OH)D in vitiligo patients was not significantly different from the mean serum value of the Korean population. Also, there were no significant differences in the genotypic distributions of VDR gene between vitiligo patients and healthy controls.
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- Tae-Eun Kim
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Dermatology, Hanil General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Jern P, Johansson A, Strohmaier J, Treutlein J, Piha J, Rietschel M. Preliminary Evidence for an Association Between Variants of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Gene and Premature Ejaculation. J Sex Med 2017; 14:1558-1565. [PMID: 29198511 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have suggested that dopamine plays a role in the neurobiological mechanism that triggers ejaculation, leading scientists to hypothesize that dopamine-related genetic polymorphisms could contribute to symptoms of premature ejaculation (PE). AIM To investigate associations between dopamine receptor and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT; an enzyme involved in the catabolism of dopamine) gene-linked polymorphisms and PE. METHODS PE status in patient groups was determined by clinical diagnosis performed by a physician specializing in sexual medicine. Self-reported PE symptoms from a validated questionnaire also were reported. Saliva samples were collected from 149 patients with PE and 1,022 controls from a population-based sample. In total, we tested associations between PE and 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the dopamine receptor D1, D2, and D3 genes and in the COMT gene. OUTCOMES We found no associations between dopamine receptor gene polymorphisms and PE, but 2 COMT-linked loci (rs4680 and rs4818) had significant associations after correction for multiple testing. RESULTS 1 COMT gene-linked locus that was associated with PE symptoms in the present study, rs4680, is a well-documented functional polymorphism that causes a valine-to-methionine substitution. The other polymorphism, rs4818, is in high linkage disequilibrium with the rs4680 locus, indicating that they capture the same effect. Surprisingly, the rs4680 variant that was statistically significantly more prevalent in the PE group (ie, the valine-encoding allele) has been associated with higher enzymatic activity and therefore lower synaptic dopamine levels. CLINICAL TRANSLATION Drugs targeting the dopaminergic system could affect PE symptoms. STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS No replication sample was available for the present study; thus, our findings should be interpreted with caution. Moreover, a limitation of our study is the small sample in the context of genetic association studies (although it should be mentioned that genetically informative samples with phenotypic information about PE symptoms are scarce, and most previous genetic association studies of PE have used samples of similar or smaller size). However, our results are plausible: we report an association between one of the most extensively studied and understood genetic polymorphisms in psychiatric research and PE, and our results are in line with the long-standing hypothesis that dopamine influences human ejaculatory function. CONCLUSIONS We report an association between 2 COMT gene-linked loci and PE symptoms, but our results should be treated with caution until independently replicated. Jern P, Johansson A, Strohmaier J, et al. Preliminary Evidence for an Association Between Variants of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Gene and Premature Ejaculation. J Sex Med 2017;14:1558-1565.
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- Patrick Jern
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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Lv DW, Zhong J, Zhang K, Pandey A, Li R. Understanding Epstein-Barr Virus Life Cycle with Proteomics: A Temporal Analysis of Ubiquitination During Virus Reactivation. OMICS 2017; 21:27-37. [PMID: 28271981 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2016.0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human γ-herpesvirus associated with cancer, including Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal, and gastric carcinoma. EBV reactivation in latently infected B cells is essential for persistent infection whereby B cell receptor (BCR) activation is a physiologically relevant stimulus. Yet, a global view of BCR activation-regulated protein ubiquitination is lacking when EBV is actively replicating. We report here, for the first time, the long-term effects of IgG cross-linking-regulated protein ubiquitination and offer a basis for dissecting the cellular environment during the course of EBV lytic replication. Using the Akata-BX1 (EBV+) and Akata-4E3 (EBV-) Burkitt lymphoma cells, we monitored the dynamic changes in protein ubiquitination using quantitative proteomics. We observed temporal alterations in the level of ubiquitination at ∼150 sites in both EBV+ and EBV- B cells post-IgG cross-linking, compared with controls with no cross-linking. The majority of protein ubiquitination was downregulated. The upregulated ubiquitination events were associated with proteins involved in RNA processing. Among the downregulated ubiquitination events were proteins involved in apoptosis, ubiquitination, and DNA repair. These comparative and quantitative proteomic observations represent the first analysis on the effects of IgG cross-linking at later time points when the majority of EBV genes are expressed and the viral genome is actively being replicated. In all, these data enhance our understanding of mechanistic linkages connecting protein ubiquitination, RNA processing, apoptosis, and the EBV life cycle.
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- Dong-Wen Lv
- 1 Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, VCU School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia
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- 2 McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland
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- 1 Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, VCU School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia
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- 2 McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.,3 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,4 Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation , New Orleans, Louisiana
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- 1 Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, VCU School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia.,5 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia.,6 Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia
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Chen J, Wang M, Waheed Khan RA, He K, Wang Q, Li Z, Shen J, Song Z, Li W, Wen Z, Jiang Y, Xu Y, Shi Y, Ji W. The GSK3B gene confers risk for both major depressive disorder and schizophrenia in the Han Chinese population. J Affect Disord 2015; 185:149-55. [PMID: 26186530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glycogen synthease kinase-3B is a key gene encoding a protein kinase which is abundant in brain, and is involved in signal transduction cascades of neuronal cell development and energy metabolism. Previous researches proposed GSK3B as a potential region for schizophrenia. METHOD To validate the susceptibility of GSK3B to major depressive disorder, and to investigate the overlapping risk conferred by GSK3B for mental disorders, we performed a large-scale case-control study, analyzed 6 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms using TaqMan® technology in 1,045 major depressive disorder patients, 1,235 schizophrenia patients and 1,235 normal controls of Han Chinese origin. RESULTS We found rs334535 (Pallele=2.79E-03, Pgenotype=5.00E-03, OR=1.429) and rs2199503 (Pallele=0.020, Pgenotype= 0.040, OR=1.157) showed association with major depressive disorder before Bonferroni correction. rs6771023 (adjusted Pallele=1.64E-03, adjusted Pgenotype=6.00E-03, OR=0.701) and rs2199503 (adjusted Pallele=0.001, adjusted Pgenotype=0.002, OR=1.251) showed significant association with schizophrenia after Bonferroni correction. rs2199503 (adjusted Pallele=1.70E-03, adjusted Pgenotype=0.006, OR=1.208) remained to be significant in the combined cases of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia after Bonferroni correction. LIMITATIONS Further validations of our findings in samples with larger scale are suggested, and functional genomic study is needed to elucidate the role of GSK3B in signal pathway and psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide evidence that the GSK3B gene could be a promising region which contains genetic risk for both major depressive disorder and schizophrenia in the Han Chinese population. The study on variants conferring overlapping risk for multiple psychiatric disorders could be tangible pathogenesis support and clinical or diagnostic references.
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Ahmadloo S, Taghizadeh M, Akhiani M, Salimzadeh A, Keramatipour M. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs 2476601 of PTPN22 Gene and Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Iranian Population. Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol 2015; 14:437-442. [PMID: 26547712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The rs2476601 (R620W, C1858T) polymorphism in PTPN22 gene has been repeatedly reported to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The rs 2476601 is widely suggested for predictive testing and risk assessment for RA. The aim of this study was to test the possible association of this SNP with RA in Iranian population. A total of 872 samples (405 confirmed RA patients and 467 healthy controls) were recruited in this study. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood and the genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR- RFLP). Genotyping for a set of samples were re-confirmed by two other rounds of genotyping, using another PCR-RFLP experiment with different enzyme and DNA sequencing. All 872 samples were genotyped as homozygous CC in first round of genotyping. Genotyping was repeated for 30% of samples by another restriction enzyme and for 10% of samples by sequencing. Again all samples showed homozygous CC genotype. This study suggests that the rs2476601 polymorphism of PTPN22 gene is mono-morphic in Iranian population, containing only C allele. Considering that previous studies in other populations reported the T allele as the risk allele at this locus, the present study concluded that rs2476601 play no role in susceptibility to RA and other autoimmune diseases in Iranian population. This finding has significant future clinical implications in determining the strategy for risk assessment and predictive testing for such diseases in Iranian population.
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- Somayeh Ahmadloo
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Rheumatology, Alborz Hospital, Karaj, Iran
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- Rheumatology Research Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Liu X, Usman T, Wang Y, Wang Z, Xu X, Wu M, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li Q, Liu L, Shi W, Qin C, Geng F, Wang C, Tan R, Huang X, Liu A, Wu H, Tan S, Yu Y. Polymorphisms in epigenetic and meat quality related genes in fourteen cattle breeds and association with beef quality and carcass traits. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2015; 28:467-75. [PMID: 25656186 PMCID: PMC4341095 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.13.0837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Improvement for carcass traits related to beef quality is the key concern in beef production. Recent reports found that epigenetics mediates the interaction of individuals with environment and nutrition. The present study was designed to analyze the genetic effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in seven epigenetic-related genes (DNMT1, DNMT3a, DNMT3b, DNMT3L, Ago1, Ago2, and HDAC5) and two meat quality candidate genes (CAPN1 and PRKAG3) on fourteen carcass traits related to beef quality in a Snow Dragon beef population, and also to identify SNPs in a total of fourteen cattle populations. Sixteen SNPs were identified and genotyped in 383 individuals sampled from the 14 cattle breeds, which included 147 samples from the Snow Dragon beef population. Data analysis showed significant association of 8 SNPs within 4 genes related to carcass and/or meat quality traits in the beef populations. SNP1 (13154420A>G) in exon 17 of DNMT1 was significantly associated with rib-eye width and lean meat color score (p<0.05). A novel SNP (SNP4, 76198537A>G) of DNMT3a was significantly associated with six beef quality traits. Those individuals with the wild-type genotype AA of DNMT3a showed an increase in carcass weight, chilled carcass weight, flank thicknesses, chuck short rib thickness, chuck short rib score and in chuck flap weight in contrast to the GG genotype. Five out of six SNPs in DNMT3b gene were significantly associated with three beef quality traits. SNP15 (45219258C>T) in CAPN1 was significantly associated with chuck short rib thickness and lean meat color score (p<0.05). The significant effect of SNP15 on lean meat color score individually and in combination with each of other 14 SNPs qualify this SNP to be used as potential marker for improving the trait. In addition, the frequencies of most wild-type alleles were higher than those of the mutant alleles in the native and foreign cattle breeds. Seven SNPs were identified in the epigenetic-related genes. The SNP15 in CAPN1 could be used as a powerful genetic marker in selection programs for beef quality improvement in the Snow Dragon Beef population.
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- Xuan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China ; Department of Animal Health, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Dalian Xuelong Industry Limited Group, Dalian 116001, China
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- Dalian Xuelong Industry Limited Group, Dalian 116001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Ningxia Sygen BioEngineering Research Center, Yinchuan 750000, China
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- Dingyuan Seedstock Bulls Breeding Ltd. Company, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Dingyuan Seedstock Bulls Breeding Ltd. Company, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Xinjiang General Livestock Service, Urumqi 830000, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi 830000 China
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- Xiertala Breeding Farm, Hailaer Farm Buro, Hailaer 021008, China
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- Hailaer Farm Buro, Hailaer 021008, China
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- Xinjiang Tianshan Animal Husbandry Bio-Eng. Co. Ltd, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Ebadifar A, Hamedi R, Khorram Khorshid HR, Saliminejad K, Kamali K, Aghakhani Moghadam F, Esmaeili Anvar N, Ameli N. Association of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha Polymorphisms with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate in Iranian Population. Avicenna J Med Biotechnol 2015; 7:168-72. [PMID: 26605011 PMCID: PMC4629459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is one of the most common congenital anomalies and the etiology of orofacial clefts is multifactorial. Transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) is expressed at the medial edge epithelium of fusing palatal shelves during craniofacial development. In this study, the association of two important TGFA gene polymorphisms, BamHI (rs11466297) and RsaI (rs3732248), with CL/P was evaluated in an Iranian population. METHODS The frequencies of BamHI and RsaI variations were determined in 105 unrelated Iranian subjects with nonsyndromic CL/P and 218 control subjects using PCR and RFLP methods, and the results were compared with healthy controls. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS The BamHI AC genotype was significantly higher (p=0.016) in the patients (12.4%) than the control group (5.0%). The BamHI C allele was significantly higher (p=0.001; OR=3.4, 95% CI: 1.6-7.4) in the cases (8.0%) compared with the control group (2.5%). CONCLUSION Our study showed that there was an association between the TGFA BamHI variation and nonsyndromic CL/P in Iranian population.
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- Asghar Ebadifar
- Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Department of Orthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Orthodontic, Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Corresponding author: Roya Hamedi, Ph.D., Department of Orthodontic, Dentofacial Deformity Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Tel: +98 9125576105, E-mail:
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Genetic Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Orthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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Abstract
Psychosis occurs in approximately half of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD with psychosis, AD+P). AD+P patients have more rapid cognitive decline, greater behavioral symptoms, and higher mortality than do AD patients without psychosis. Studies in three independent cohorts have shown that psychosis in AD aggregates in families, with estimated heritability of 29.5 - 60.8%. These findings have motivated studies to investigate and uncover the genes responsible for the development of psychosis, with the ultimate goal of identifying potential biologic mechanisms that may serve as leads to specific therapies. Linkage analyses have implicated loci on chromosomes 2, 6, 7, 8, 15, and 21 with AD+P. Association studies of APOE do not support it as a risk gene for psychosis in AD. No other candidate genes, such as neurodegenerative and monoamine genes, show conclusive evidence of association with AD+P. However, a recent genome-side association study has produced some promising leads, including among them genes that have been associated with schizophrenia. This review summarizes the current knowledge of the genetic basis of AD+P.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- VISN 4 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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Khorram Khorshid HR, Gozalpour E, Saliminejad K, Karimloo M, Ohadi M, Kamali K. Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) Polymorphisms and Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: An Association Study. Iran J Public Health 2013; 42:1253-8. [PMID: 26171337 PMCID: PMC4499066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common form of dementia in people over 65 years old. The role of vitamin D in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders such as AD has been supported by epidemiologic investigations and animal models, as well. We examined the association of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and late-onset AD in an Iranian population. METHODS This study was performed in Tehran, Iran from 2007 to 2008. Totally, 145 AD patients and 162 age-matched unrelated healthy controls were included. The genotype and allele frequencies for the VDR polymorphisms, ApaI (G>T; rs7975232) and TaqI (C>T; rs731236), were determined in the case and control subjects PCR-RFLP analysis. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the effect of mutant genotype or allele in the study groups. RESULTS The statistical analyses showed significant differences neither in genotype nor in allele frequencies of the ApaI and TaqI polymorphisms between the case and control groups. CONCLUSION It seems that the ApaI and TaqI polymorphisms are not associated with the risk of late-onset AD in Iranian population.
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- 1. Genetic Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- 3. Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- 2. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- 1. Genetic Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- 3. Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran,* Corresponding Author:
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Sayad A, Noruzinia M, Zamani M, Harirchian MH, Kazemnejad A. Lipoprotein Lipase HindIII Intronic Polymorphism in a Subset of Iranian Patients with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease. Cell J 2012; 14:67-72. [PMID: 23626940 PMCID: PMC3635823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lipid metabolism is involved in the pathogenesis of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a multifunctional enzyme that plays a major role in lipid metabolism; its abnormal function seems to be related, either directly or indirectly, to the pathogenesis of many diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease (CAD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) . HindIII polymorphism is a common LPL genetic variant shown to increase the risk of LOAD. The present research investigates whether this polymorphism is involved in the pathogenesis of Iranian LOAD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case control study ,allele and genotype frequencies for the HindIII polymorphism of the LPL gene in 100 patients affected with LOAD and 100 healthy controls were determined by reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and compared using the chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. RESULTS LPL H+H+ genotype frequency in LOAD patients was 58%, which was significantly higher than controls (44%). There was a 1.75-fold increased risk for the development of LOAD in carriers of the H+H+ genotype compared to non-carriers (OR=1.75; 95%CI: 1.00-3.07; p=0.048). When adjusted for sex, the H+H+ genotype was more frequent in patients than controls; this difference was more remarkable in males (OR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.08-3.34; p=0.024). The mean age of disease onset did not differ in patients with the LPL H+H+ genotype compared to unaffected individuals. CONCLUSION This study confirms the association between the H+H+ genotype with LOAD and supports the correlation of this genotype of the LPL gene with risk of developing LOAD in Iranian patients with AD.
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- Azadeh Sayad
- 1. Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- 1. Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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* Corresponding Address: P.O.Box: 14115-111Department of Medical GeneticsSchool of Medical SciencesTarbiat Modares UniversityTehranIran
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- 2. Department of Neurogenetics, Iranian Centre of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- 2. Department of Neurogenetics, Iranian Centre of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohamad Shariati SA, Behmanesh M, Galehdari H. A Study of the Association between SNP8NRG241930 in the 5' End of Neuroglin 1 Gene with Schizophrenia in a Group of Iranian Patients. Cell J 2011; 13:91-6. [PMID: 23508206 PMCID: PMC3584460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Neuregulin1 (NRG1) gene is among the most promising candidate genes for schizophrenia. This gene is located on 8p22-p12, a region with a reported linkage to schizophrenia. Several studies have reported an association between schizophrenia and the 5' end polymorphisms in this gene. However, some studies have failed to confirm the role of NRG1 gene in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. In the current study, we attempt to examine the association of SNP8NRG241930 from the NRG1 gene with schizophrenia in an Iranian population. It is noteworthy that there has been no report on the NRG1 association with schizophrenia in a population from the Middle East region. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genomic DNA samples were obtained via isolation from the peripheral blood cells of 95 unrelated subjects with schizophrenia and 95 matched healthy controls from southwest Iran. SNP8NRG241930 was genotyped by PCRRFLP using ScaI as a restriction endonuclease enzyme. Association of the SNP with schizophrenia was examined using the chi-square test. The frequency difference of alleles and genotypes between the two groups were compared. P≤0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Statistical analysis on the studied polymorphism showed that both case and control groups were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of high risk allele (G allele) was 72.6% in patients, while this number was 56.8% in controls. The genotype frequencies in the patient group were as follows: GG (54%), GT (38%) and TT (8%) vs. genotype frequencies in the control group of: GG (26%), GT (63 %) and TT (11%). CONCLUSION Considering allele and genotype frequencies, a significant association was observed between schizophrenia and SNP8NRG241930. The current study adds weight to the idea that some functional polymorphisms could exist in the 5' end of the NRG1 gene which increase susceptibility to schizophrenia. This is the first time that supportive evidence shows an involvement of the NRG1 locus in schizophrenia in an Iranian sample population.
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- 1. Genetics Department, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran,* Corresponding Address:P.O. Box: 14115-154Genetics DepartmentSchool of Biological SciencesTarbiat Modares UniversityTehranIran
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- 2. Genetics Department, School of Basic Sciences, Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran
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