Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.

Sex differences in schizophrenia are well known, but their genetic basis has not been identified. We performed a genome-wide association scan for schizophrenia in an Ashkenazi Jewish population using DNA pooling. We found a female-specific association with rs7341475, a SNP in the fourth intron of th...

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Hauptverfasser: Shifman, S, Johannesson, M, Bronstein, M, Chen, S, Collier, D, Craddock, N, Kendler, K, Li, T, O'Donovan, M, O'Neill, F, Owen, M, Walsh, D, Weinberger, DR, Sun, C, Flint, J, Darvasi, A
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Veröffentlicht: 2008
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author Shifman, S
Johannesson, M
Bronstein, M
Chen, S
Collier, D
Craddock, N
Kendler, K
Li, T
O'Donovan, M
O'Neill, F
Owen, M
Walsh, D
Weinberger, DR
Sun, C
Flint, J
Darvasi, A
author_facet Shifman, S
Johannesson, M
Bronstein, M
Chen, S
Collier, D
Craddock, N
Kendler, K
Li, T
O'Donovan, M
O'Neill, F
Owen, M
Walsh, D
Weinberger, DR
Sun, C
Flint, J
Darvasi, A
author_sort Shifman, S
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description Sex differences in schizophrenia are well known, but their genetic basis has not been identified. We performed a genome-wide association scan for schizophrenia in an Ashkenazi Jewish population using DNA pooling. We found a female-specific association with rs7341475, a SNP in the fourth intron of the reelin (RELN) gene (p = 2.9 x 10(-5) in women), with a significant gene-sex effect (p = 1.8 x 10(-4)). We studied rs7341475 in four additional populations, totaling 2,274 cases and 4,401 controls. A significant effect was observed only in women, replicating the initial result (p = 2.1 x 10(-3) in women; p = 4.2 x 10(-3) for gene-sex interaction). Based on all populations the estimated relative risk of women carrying the common genotype is 1.58 (p = 8.8 x 10(-7); p = 1.6 x 10(-5) for gene-sex interaction). The female-specific association between RELN and schizophrenia is one of the few examples of a replicated sex-specific genetic association in any disease.
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spelling oxford-uuid:4a714dfd-39c3-4188-af1c-9e1395b27d662022-03-26T15:37:32ZGenome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4a714dfd-39c3-4188-af1c-9e1395b27d66EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Shifman, SJohannesson, MBronstein, MChen, SCollier, DCraddock, NKendler, KLi, TO'Donovan, MO'Neill, FOwen, MWalsh, DWeinberger, DRSun, CFlint, JDarvasi, ASex differences in schizophrenia are well known, but their genetic basis has not been identified. We performed a genome-wide association scan for schizophrenia in an Ashkenazi Jewish population using DNA pooling. We found a female-specific association with rs7341475, a SNP in the fourth intron of the reelin (RELN) gene (p = 2.9 x 10(-5) in women), with a significant gene-sex effect (p = 1.8 x 10(-4)). We studied rs7341475 in four additional populations, totaling 2,274 cases and 4,401 controls. A significant effect was observed only in women, replicating the initial result (p = 2.1 x 10(-3) in women; p = 4.2 x 10(-3) for gene-sex interaction). Based on all populations the estimated relative risk of women carrying the common genotype is 1.58 (p = 8.8 x 10(-7); p = 1.6 x 10(-5) for gene-sex interaction). The female-specific association between RELN and schizophrenia is one of the few examples of a replicated sex-specific genetic association in any disease.
spellingShingle Shifman, S
Johannesson, M
Bronstein, M
Chen, S
Collier, D
Craddock, N
Kendler, K
Li, T
O'Donovan, M
O'Neill, F
Owen, M
Walsh, D
Weinberger, DR
Sun, C
Flint, J
Darvasi, A
Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title_full Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title_fullStr Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title_full_unstemmed Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title_short Genome-wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women.
title_sort genome wide association identifies a common variant in the reelin gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia only in women
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