Article
GABRB2 association with schizophrenia: commonalities and differences between ethnic groups and clinical subtypes.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 2007
Lo Wing-Sze, Harano Mutsuo, Gawlik Micha, Yu Zhiliang, Chen Jianhuan, Pun Frank W, Tong Ka-Lok, Zhao Cunyou, Ng Siu-Kin, Tsang Shui-Ying, Uchimura Naohisa, Stober Gerald, Xue Hong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in intron 8 of type A gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(A)) receptor beta2 subunit gene (GABRB2) were initially found to be associated with schizophrenia in Chinese. This finding was subjected to cross-validation in this study with Japanese (JP) and German Caucasian (GE) subjects. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms discovery and genotyping were...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Case-Control Studies
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Germany
- Humans
- Introns
