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ArticleGenes & genomics2018

Genetic associations between ADHD and dopaminergic genes (DAT1 and DRD4) VNTRs in Korean children.

Jun Ho Hong, In Wook Hwang, Myung Ho Lim, Ho Jang Kwon, Han Jun Jin

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Article in Genes & genomics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jun Ho HongDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, Republic of Korea.
In Wook HwangDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, Republic of Korea.
Myung Ho LimDepartment of Psychology and Psychotherapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Ho Jang KwonDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Han Jun JinDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, Republic of Korea. jins4658@dankook.ac.kr.
Dankook University Hospital · KRDankook University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that dopaminergic genes affect the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in various populations. Many studies have shown that variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) located within the 3'-untranslated region of DAT1 and in exon 3 of DRD4 are associated with ADHD development; however, these results were inconsistent. Therefore, we investigated the genetic association between two VNTRs and ADHD in Korean children. We determined the VNTRs using PCR. We examined genotype and allele frequency differences between the experimental and control groups, along with the odds ratios, using Chi square and exact tests. We observed a significant association between the children with ADHD and the control group in the 10R/10R genotype of DAT1 VNTRs (p = 0.025). In addition, the 11R allele of DAT1 VNTRs showed a higher frequency in the control group than in the ADHD group (p = 0.023). Also, the short repeat (without 11R) and long repeat alleles (including 11R) were associated with ADHD (p < 0.05). The analysis of DRD4 VNTRs revealed that the 2R allele is associated with ADHD (p = 0.025). A significant result was also observed in long and short repeats (p < 0.05). Additionally, ADHD subtypes showed that the DRD4 VNTRs are associated with combined and hyperactive-impulsive subtype groups (p < 0.05). Therefore, our results suggest that DAT1 VNTRs and DRD4 VNTRs play a role in the genetic etiology of ADHD in Korean children.

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Genetic Association StudiesAdolescentAllelesAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildChild, PreschoolDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMinisatellite RepeatsReceptors, Dopamine D4Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsDRD4 protein, humanReceptors, Dopamine D4SLC6A3 protein, humanADHDDAT1DRD4Genetic associationKorean childrenVNTRs

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