| 1 | Psychiatr. Genet. 2011 Feb 21: 1-4 |
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| PMID | 21057379 |
| Title | Case-case genome-wide association analysis shows markers differentially associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and implicates calcium channel genes. |
| Abstract | There are theoretical reasons why comparing marker allele frequencies between cases of different diseases, rather than with controls, may offer benefits. The samples may be better matched, especially for background risk factors common to both diseases. Genetic loci may also be detected which influence which of the two diseases occurs if common risk factors are present. We used samples of UK bipolar and schizophrenic cases that had earlier been subject to genome-wide association studies and compared marker allele frequencies between the two samples. When these differed for a marker, we compared the case sample allele frequencies with those of a control sample. Eight markers were significant at P value of less than 10(-5). Of these, the most interesting finding was for rs17645023, which was significant at P value of less than 10(-6) and which lies 36 kb from CACNG5. Control allele frequencies for this marker were intermediate between those for bipolar and schizophrenic cases. The application of this approach suggests that it does have some merits. The finding for CACNG5, taken together with the earlier implication of CACNA1C and CACNA1B, strongly suggests a key role for voltage-dependent calcium channel genes in the susceptibility to bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia. |
| SCZ Keywords | schizophrenia, schizophrenic |
| 2 | Psychiatr. Genet. 2011 Feb 21: 1-4 |
| PMID | 21057379 |
| Title | Case-case genome-wide association analysis shows markers differentially associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and implicates calcium channel genes. |
| Abstract | There are theoretical reasons why comparing marker allele frequencies between cases of different diseases, rather than with controls, may offer benefits. The samples may be better matched, especially for background risk factors common to both diseases. Genetic loci may also be detected which influence which of the two diseases occurs if common risk factors are present. We used samples of UK bipolar and schizophrenic cases that had earlier been subject to genome-wide association studies and compared marker allele frequencies between the two samples. When these differed for a marker, we compared the case sample allele frequencies with those of a control sample. Eight markers were significant at P value of less than 10(-5). Of these, the most interesting finding was for rs17645023, which was significant at P value of less than 10(-6) and which lies 36 kb from CACNG5. Control allele frequencies for this marker were intermediate between those for bipolar and schizophrenic cases. The application of this approach suggests that it does have some merits. The finding for CACNG5, taken together with the earlier implication of CACNA1C and CACNA1B, strongly suggests a key role for voltage-dependent calcium channel genes in the susceptibility to bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia. |
| SCZ Keywords | schizophrenia, schizophrenic |
| 3 | Sci Rep 2016 -1 6: 24914 |
| PMID | 27102562 |
| Title | Evaluation of voltage-dependent calcium channel ? gene families identified several novel potential susceptible genes to schizophrenia. |
| Abstract | Voltage-gated L-type calcium channels (VLCC) are distributed widely throughout the brain. Among the genes involved in schizophrenia (SCZ), genes encoding VLCC subunits have attracted widespread attention. Among the four subunits comprising the VLCC (??-?1, ? -2/?, ?, and ?), the ? subunit that comprises an eight-member protein family is the least well understood. In our study, to further investigate the risk susceptibility by the ? subunit gene family to SCZ, we conducted a large-scale association study in Han Chinese individuals. The SNP rs17645023 located in the intergenic region of CACNG4 and CACNG5 was identified to be significantly associated with SCZ (OR?=?0.856, P?=?5.43?×?10(-5)). Similar results were obtained in the meta-analysis with the current SCZ PGC data (OR?=?0.8853). We also identified a two-SNP haplotype (rs10420331-rs11084307, P?=?1.4?×?10(-6)) covering the intronic region of CACNG8 to be significantly associated with SCZ. Epistasis analyses were conducted, and significant statistical interaction (OR?=?0.622, P?=?2.93?×?10(-6), Pperm?CACNG5). Our results indicate that CACNG4, CACNG5, CACNG6 and CACNG8 may contribute to the risk of SCZ. The statistical epistasis identified between CACNG5 and CACNG6 suggests that there may be an underlying biological interaction between the two genes. |
| SCZ Keywords | schizophrenia, schizophrenic |