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ArticleBehavioral and brain functions : BBF2008

An association study of ADSS gene polymorphisms with schizophrenia.

Fuquan Zhang, Pak C Sham, Hua Fan, Yong Xu, Xuezhu Huang, Honcheong So, Yuqing Song, Pozi Liu

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Article in Behavioral and brain functions : BBF, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fuquan ZhangInstitute of Neurological disorders, Tsinghua University; Department of Psychiatry, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Bejing, 100049, PR China. liupozi@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Pak C Sham
Hua Fan
Yong Xu
Xuezhu Huang
Honcheong So
Yuqing Song
Pozi Liu
Tsinghua University · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKBeijing Anding Hospital · CN

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdenylosuccinate synthase (ADSS) catalyzes the first committed step of AMP synthesis. It was suggested that the blood-derived RNA of ADSS was down-regulated in schizophrenia (SZ) and one of the eight putative biomarker genes to discriminate SZ from normal controls. However, it remains unclear whether the reduction of ADSS RNA is due to the polymorphisms of the gene or not.

methodsWe attempted to examine the association of ADSS gene with schizophrenia in a Chinese population of 480 schizophrenics and 502 normal controls. Genotyping was performed by the Sequenom platform.

resultsThe 6 marker SNPs (rs3102460, rs3127459, rs3127460, rs3127465, rs3006001, and rs3003211) were genotyped. The frequencies of alleles, genotypes, and haplotypes were tested between cases and controls. There was no significant difference of genotypic, allelic, or haplotypic distributions of the 6 SNPs between the two groups.

conclusionOur data did not support ADSS gene as a susceptibility gene for SZ in Chinese Han population. Large sample size study is needed to validate or replicate our association study, especially from other ethnic populations.

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