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A common variant in DRD3 receptor is associated with autism spectrum disorder.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19058789     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The presence of specific and common genetic etiologies for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was investigated for 132 candidate genes in a two-stage design-association study. METHODS: 1,536 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering these candidate genes were tested in ASD (n = 144) and ADHD (n = 110) patients and control subjects (n = 404) from The Netherlands. A second stage was performed with those SNPs from Stage I reaching a significance threshold for association of p < .01 in an independent sample of ASD patients (n = 128) and controls (n = 124) from the United Kingdom and a Dutch ADHD (n = 150) and control (n = 149) sample. RESULTS: No shared association was found between ASD and ADHD. However, in the first and second ASD samples and in a joint statistical analysis, a significant association between SNP rs167771 located in the DRD3 gene was found (joint analysis uncorrected: p = 3.11 x 10(-6); corrected for multiple testing and potential stratification: p = .00162). CONCLUSIONS: The DRD3 gene is related to stereotyped behavior, liability to side effects of antipsychotic medication, and movement disorders and may therefore have important clinical implications for ASD.
Authors:
Mariken de Krom; Wouter G Staal; Roel A Ophoff; Judith Hendriks; Jan Buitelaar; Barbara Franke; Maretha V de Jonge; Patrick Bolton; David Collier; Sarah Curran; Herman van Engeland; Jan M van Ree
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-12-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biological psychiatry     Volume:  65     ISSN:  1873-2402     ISO Abbreviation:  Biol. Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2009 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-03-13     Completed Date:  2009-05-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0213264     Medline TA:  Biol Psychiatry     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  625-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rudolph Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / genetics*
Autistic Disorder / genetics*
Child
Female
Genome-Wide Association Study
Humans
Male
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Receptors, Dopamine D3 / genetics*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DRD3 protein, human; 0/Receptors, Dopamine D3

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