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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
An abnormality in neurodevelopment is one of the most robust etiologic hypotheses in schizophrenia (SZ). There is also strong evidence that genetic factors may influence abnormal neurodevelopment in the disease. The present study evaluated in SZ patients, whose brain structural data had been obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the possible association between structural brain measures, and 32 DNA polymorphisms, located in 30 genes related to neurogenesis and brain development. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood cells of 25 patients with schizophrenia, genotyping was performed using diverse procedures, and putative associations were evaluated by standard statistical methods (using the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences - SPSS) with a modified Bonferroni adjustment. For reelin (RELN), a protease that guides neurons in the developing brain and underlies neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity in adults, an association was found for a non-synonymous polymorphism (Val997Leu) with left and right ventricular enlargement. A putative association was also found between protocadherin 12 (PCDH12), a cell adhesion molecule involved in axonal guidance and synaptic specificity, and cortical folding (asymmetry coefficient of gyrification index). Although our results are preliminary, due to the small number of individuals analyzed, such an approach could reveal new candidate genes implicated in anomalous neurodevelopment in schizophrenia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Cerebral Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:19054571-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Polymorphisms in genes involved in neurodevelopment may be associated with altered brain morphology in schizophrenia: preliminary evidence.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departmento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't