The Association between Korean Schizophrenics and GDNF Gene Polymorphism / 대한정신약물학회지
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
;
: 259-266, 2003.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-124947
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The association of neurotrophic factors with the etiology of schizophrenia has been widely studied. Among them, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is known to promote the survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons. Considering dopamine hypothesis and neurodevelopmental theory, GDNF gene may be related with schizophrenia. In this study, we tried to clarify the association between schizophrenia and GDNF gene polymorphism.METHODS:
Genotype and allele frequencies in the promoter and intron regions of GDNF gene were studied by using restriction fragment length polymorphism to compare 180 Korean schizophrenics with 105 Korean controls.RESULTS:
We found significant differences between the schizophrenics and the controls in genotype and allele frequencies of BsaI polymorphism in the promoter region of GDNF gene (x2=18.208, df=2, p=0.0001/x2=11.264, df=1, p=0.0008). But no significant differences were found in intron region (p=0.06, p=0.984).CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that polymorphism of GDNF gene might be related to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
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Main subject:
Schizophrenia
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Introns
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Dopamine
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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Dopaminergic Neurons
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Gene Frequency
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Genotype
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Nerve Growth Factors
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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