RESUMO
Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by heterogeneous clinical symptoms. Although the pathogenesis of this disorder is poorly understood, several lines of evidence support the role of both common and rare genetic variants in the etiology of schizophrenia. Common variants, single nucleotide polymorphisms can be investigated by candidate gene association studies or genome-wide association studies, while rare variants, single nucleotide variants are assessable by means of candidate gene resequencing or whole-exome and genome sequencing using next generation sequencing. In this study we investigated polymorphisms of 7 candidate genes in a Hungarian schizophrenia cohort. Candidate genes were chosen on the basis of previous results and biological plausibility. 390 patients were recruited in 5 centers in the framework of the Hungarian SCHIZOBANK Consortium, the schizophrenia sample was contrasted to 1069 healthy control individuals. In this sample SNPs of DDR1 and DRD2 genes demonstrated significant association with schizophrenia. The role of DDR1 and DRD2 genes in the etiology of schizophrenia warrant further investigation, based on their genomic localization and biological functions.
Assuntos
Fator Neurotrófico Ciliar , Receptor com Domínio Discoidina 1/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Receptores de Dopamina D2/genética , Esquizofrenia/genética , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Hungria , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo ÚnicoRESUMO
Due to the rapid development in genomics, genetic markers gain importance in all areas of medicine including prevention, management and therapy of patients. As a result, medicine started to shift away from evidence based procedures to a more personalized one. However, the later one requires high quality validated genetic tests. These new tests appeared as preconceptional, preimplantational, prenatal, presymptomatic, diagnostic and direct to consumer forms. Before approval such tests must be analytically and clinically validated. Broader use of these genetic tests is dependent on their price and reimbursement schemes.
