Allelic association between a Ser-9-Gly polymorphism in the dopamine D3 receptor gene and schizophrenia |
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Authors: | S Shaikh D A Collier P C Sham D Ball K Aitchison H Vallada R W Kerwin I Smith M Gill |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK Tel. + 44(0)171 919 3343; Fax +44 (0) 171 701 9044, DK;(2) Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK, DK;(3) Department of Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK, DK;(4) Gartnaval Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 OXH, UK, GB;(5) Department of Psychiatry, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’ Hospital, St James’ Street, Dublin 8, Ireland, IE |
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Abstract: | We examined a Ser-9-Gly polymorphism in the dopamine D3 receptor gene for allelic association with schizophrenia in 133 patients
currently treated with clozapine and 109 controls. Allele 1 (Ser-9) was significantly more frequent in the patients (69%)
than in the controls (56%) (P = 0.004). The 1-1 genotype was more common (43% vs 30%) and the 2-2 genotype less common (5% vs 18%) in patients than in
controls. When the patient group was subdivided on the basis of clinical response to clozapine, using a 20-point improvement
in the global assessment scale as cut-off, genotype 1-1 was found to be more frequent among the non-responders (53% vs 36%,
P = 0.04). To place our results in the context of previous studies of this polymorphism and schizophrenia, we performed a meta-analysis
of all published data including the present sample. The combined analysis shows evidence for a modest association between
genotype 1-1 and schizophrenia (odds ratio 1.25, 95% confidence interval 1.05– 1.49, P = 0.01). These results suggest that the Ser-9 allele, or a nearby polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium, results in a small
increase in susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Received: 21 August 1995 / Revised: 14 December 1995 |
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