Family-based association study of 76 candidate genes in bipolar disorder: BDNF is a potential risk locus

P Sklar, SB Gabriel, MG McInnis, P Bennett, YM Lim, G Tsan, S Schaffner, G Kirov, Ian Jones, M Owen, Nicholas Craddock, JR DePaulo, ES Lander

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Abstract

Identification of the genetic bases for bipolar disorder remains a challenge for the understanding of this disease. Association between 76 candidate genes and bipolar disorder was tested by genotyping 90 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these genes in 136 parent-proband trios. In this preliminary analysis, SNPs in two genes, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and the alpha subunit of the voltage-dependent calcium channel were associated with bipolar disorder at the P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)579-593
Number of pages15
JournalMolecular Psychiatry
Volume7
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2002

Keywords

  • genomic
  • susceptibility loci
  • SNP
  • single-nucleotide polymorphism
  • linkage
  • transmission disequilibrium test

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