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Association between the TRAX/DISC locus and both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the Scottish population.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15838535     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Translin-associated factor X/Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 (TRAX/DISC) region was first implicated as a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia by analysis of a large Scottish family in which a t(1;11) translocation cosegregates with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and recurrent major depression. We now report evidence for association between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and this locus in the general Scottish population. A systematic study of linkage disequilibrium in a representative sample of the Scottish population was undertaken across the 510 kb of TRAX and DISC1. SNPs representing each haplotype block were selected for case-control association studies of both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Significant association with bipolar disorder in women P=0.00026 (P=0.0016 in men and women combined) was detected in a region of DISC1. This same region also showed nominally significant association with schizophrenia in both men and women combined, P=0.0056. Two further regions, one in TRAX and the second in DISC1, showed weaker evidence for sex-specific associations of individual haplotypes with bipolar disorder in men and women respectively, P<0.01. Only the association between bipolar women and DISC1 remained significant after correction for multiple testing. This result provides further supporting evidence for DISC1 as a susceptibility factor for both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, consistent with the diagnoses in the original Scottish translocation family.
Authors:
P A Thomson; N R Wray; J K Millar; K L Evans; S Le Hellard; A Condie; W J Muir; D H R Blackwood; D J Porteous
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular psychiatry     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1359-4184     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2005 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-06-24     Completed Date:  2005-12-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9607835     Medline TA:  Mol Psychiatry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  657-68, 616     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. Pippa.Thomson@ed.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bipolar Disorder / epidemiology,  genetics*
Case-Control Studies
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
Haplotypes
Humans
Linkage Disequilibrium
Male
Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
Pedigree
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
Schizophrenia / epidemiology,  genetics*
Scotland / epidemiology
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DISC1 protein, human; 0/DNA-Binding Proteins; 0/Nerve Tissue Proteins; 0/TSNAX protein, human

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