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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Suicide is a public health problem all around the world. Family studies showed a strong heritability but, to date, few genetic data are available. Thus, in the present study we investigated whether a panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in neuronal cell adhesion molecule 1 (NCAM) 1 was associated with suicidal behaviour as well as specific traits related to suicide. A total of two hundred and fifty-nine individuals with a positive history of suicidal behaviour and 312 healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. Rs2301228, rs1884, rs1245113, rs1369816, rs2196456 and rs584427 in NCAM1 were genotyped. No marker was significantly associated with suicidal behaviour vs. controls or with sub-types of attempted vs. completed, violent vs. non-violent, impulsive vs. non-impulsive suicide. Nonetheless rs1884 and rs2196456 SNPs were both marginally associated with the trait "inhibition of aggressiveness" in suicide attempters. Even though the investigated SNPs in NCAM1 do not seem to be directly associated with suicidal behaviour, our results could suggest that SNP variants in NCAM1 may impact on related traits, particularly by mediating inhibition of aggressiveness. However, independent studies are needed to validate these results.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
179
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM1) variants on suicidal behaviour and correlated traits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article