摘要
BACKGROUND:Increasingevidencesuggestsoverlappedgeneticsusceptibilityacrosstraditionalclassificationsystemsthatdividedpsychoticdisordersintoschizophreniaoraffectivedisorder.OBJECTIVE:ThisstudyaimedtoexplorewhetherschizophreniaandaffectivedisordersharegeneticsusceptibilityinNOTCH4andGRIK2lociinapopulationofHanChinese.DESIGN:Repetitivemeasurements.SETTING:TheexperimentwascarriedoutatShanghaiMentalHealthCenterandHongkouMentalHealthCenterofShanghaibetweenJanuary2001andJune2004.PARTICIPANTS:Sixty-fivemixedpedigrees(sufferingfromvariousdiseases,incombinationwithschizophreniaandaffectivedisorder),composedof45completedtriosand20single-parentfamilies,wereselectedfromShanghaiMentalHealthCenterandHongkouMentalHealthCenterofShanghaibetweenJanuary2001andJune2004.ProbandsreceivedclinicaldiagnosisaccordingtoICD-10;anindependentclinicianusedidenticalcriteriatoreviewalldiagnoses.AllsubjectswereHanChineseinoriginandprovidedinformedconsent.Therewere65probandsand110parentsamongthesubjects.Theprobandscomprised30malesand35females:33withschizophrenia,32withaffectivedisorder,meanageof(30.9±9.8)years,meanageofonset(24.3±8.8)years,meanduration(6.6±7.0)years,andmeanageofparents(58.8±10.9)years.METHODS:DNAsamplesfromprobandsandtheirbiologicalparentswereextractedfromperipheralbloodaccordingtostandardmethods.Fourpolymorphisms,-1725T/Gand-25T/CinNOTCH4,rs6922753T/Candrs2227283G/AinGRIK2,wereamplifiedandgenotypedwithPCR-RFLPtechniques.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:AssociationbetweenNOTCH4,GRIK2polymorphism,andschizophreniawasanalyzedbytransmissiondisequilibriumtest(TDT).RESULTS:Sixty-fiveprobandsand110parentswereincludedintheresultanalysis,withnodropouts.Theresultsshowedthatthe-25T/CpolymorphismofNOTCH4associatedsignificantlywithaffectivedisorderand-1725G/-25Thaplotypewit
出版日期
2008年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
