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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Genetic epidemiological twin studies have demonstrated a significant heritability for migraine, with > 60% of liability to migraine either with or without aura coming from additive genetic factors. Because of the essential role of serotonin in the pathophysiology and treatment of migraine, genes of the serotonin system are candidates for involvement in migraine. Consequently, we examined two functional VNTR polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene, the 5-HTTLPR and the intron 2 VNTR, in a sample of 212 family trios each with a proband with childhood migraine, 153 with migraine without aura (MoA) and 59 with migraine with aura (MA). For the first time, we used transmission disequilibrium test analysis with the program TDTPHASE to examine the transmission of these two markers and their haplotypes to offspring affected by migraine. We found no significant transmission distortion of any marker, with the common L allele of the 5-HTTLPR transmitted 170 times and not transmitted 178 times, and the S allele 130 vs. 122 times. Likewise, the common 12 allele of the intron 2 VNTR was transmitted 201 times and not transmitted 188 times, and the 10 allele 107 vs. 120 times. The markers were not associated with MoA and MA and none of the haplotypes was associated with overall migraine, MoA or MA. The 5-HTTLPR and the intron 2 VNTRs do not play a major role in susceptibility to migraine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0333-1024
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
773-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Family-based analysis of serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms in migraine with and without aura.
pubmed:affiliation
Headache Outpatient Centre, Department of Neuropsychiatry of Childhood and Adolescence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. andreas.karwautz@meduniwien.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't