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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder of early childhood. Genetic factors play an important role in the aetiology of the disorder. In this study, we considered the NRCAM gene as a candidate gene of autism. This gene is expressed in the central nervous system and located in the 7q region, a susceptibility locus of autism. We conducted a case-control study of 18 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the NRCAM gene for possible association with autism in 170 autistic patients and 214 normal controls in a Japanese population. Seven SNPs in the NRCAM gene were significantly associated with autism, among which rs2300045 indicated the most prominent result (p=0.0009 uncorrected, p=0.017 corrected). In haplotype analyses, several individual haplotypes, including a common NRCAM haplotype C-T-T-C-T-T-G-C for rs3763463, rs1859767, rs1034825, rs2300045, rs2300043, rs2300039, rs722519, and rs2216259, showed a significant association after Bonferroni correction (p=0.0035 uncorrected, p=0.028 corrected). These haplotypes were located in the 5' intron-2 region of the gene. In addition, we also assessed the above mentioned SNPs and haplotypes using the transmission disequilibrium test with 148 trios of autistic families. Haplotype G-T-T-T-T-C-G-C in the same eight SNPs was also associated with autism. In summary, our findings provide evidence for a significant association of NRCAM with autism. Considering the important role of the NRCAM gene in brain development, our results therefore indicated that the NRCAM gene is one of the strong candidate genes for autism.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1461-1457
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Autistic Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Data Interpretation, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:18664314-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of the neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NRCAM) gene variants with autism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. PXX03135@nifty.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article