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- W2127205775 abstract "Based on its symptoms, schizophrenia has been considered a discrete disease, and yet genome-wide association studies for copy number variations (CNVs) associated with the disease have revealed that some CNVs confer high relative risk of schizophrenia but also of other psychiatric disorders. But CNVs can affect several genes. Now, a genome-wide association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using data from several large genome-wide scans reveals significant associations to individual loci that implicate immunity, brain development, memory and cognition in predisposition to schizophrenia. Here, in the first of three papers on the genetics of schizophrenia, a genome-wide association study of single nucleotide polymorphisms using data from several large genome-wide scans reveals significant associations to individual loci that implicate perturbations in immunity, brain development, memory and cognition in the predisposition to schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a complex disorder, caused by both genetic and environmental factors and their interactions. Research on pathogenesis has traditionally focused on neurotransmitter systems in the brain, particularly those involving dopamine. Schizophrenia has been considered a separate disease for over a century, but in the absence of clear biological markers, diagnosis has historically been based on signs and symptoms. A fundamental message emerging from genome-wide association studies of copy number variations (CNVs) associated with the disease is that its genetic basis does not necessarily conform to classical nosological disease boundaries. Certain CNVs confer not only high relative risk of schizophrenia but also of other psychiatric disorders1,2,3. The structural variations associated with schizophrenia can involve several genes and the phenotypic syndromes, or the ‘genomic disorders’, have not yet been characterized4. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genome-wide association studies with the potential to implicate individual genes in complex diseases may reveal underlying biological pathways. Here we combined SNP data from several large genome-wide scans and followed up the most significant association signals. We found significant association with several markers spanning the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on chromosome 6p21.3-22.1, a marker located upstream of the neurogranin gene (NRGN) on 11q24.2 and a marker in intron four of transcription factor 4 (TCF4) on 18q21.2. Our findings implicating the MHC region are consistent with an immune component to schizophrenia risk, whereas the association with NRGN and TCF4 points to perturbation of pathways involved in brain development, memory and cognition." @default.
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