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- Title
Copy number variations of chromosome 16p13.1 region associated with schizophrenia.
- Authors
Ingason, A.; Rujescu, D.; Cichon, S.; Sigurdsson, E.; Sigmundsson, T.; Pietiläinen, O. P. H.; Buizer-Voskamp, J. E.; Strengman, E.; Francks, C.; Muglia, P.; Gylfason, A.; Gustafsson, O.; Olason, P. I.; Steinberg, S.; Hansen, T.; Jakobsen, K. D.; Rasmussen, H. B.; Giegling, I.; Möller, H-J; Hartmann, A.
- Abstract
Deletions and reciprocal duplications of the chromosome 16p13.1 region have recently been reported in several cases of autism and mental retardation (MR). As genomic copy number variants found in these two disorders may also associate with schizophrenia, we examined 4345 schizophrenia patients and 35 079 controls from 8 European populations for duplications and deletions at the 16p13.1 locus, using microarray data. We found a threefold excess of duplications and deletions in schizophrenia cases compared with controls, with duplications present in 0.30% of cases versus 0.09% of controls (P=0.007) and deletions in 0.12 % of cases and 0.04% of controls (P>0.05). The region can be divided into three intervals defined by flanking low copy repeats. Duplications spanning intervals I and II showed the most significant (P=0.00010) association with schizophrenia. The age of onset in duplication and deletion carriers among cases ranged from 12 to 35 years, and the majority were males with a family history of psychiatric disorders. In a single Icelandic family, a duplication spanning intervals I and II was present in two cases of schizophrenia, and individual cases of alcoholism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. Candidate genes in the region include NTAN1 and NDE1. We conclude that duplications and perhaps also deletions of chromosome 16p13.1, previously reported to be associated with autism and MR, also confer risk of schizophrenia.
- Subjects
AUTISM; INTELLECTUAL disabilities; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ALCOHOLISM; DYSLEXIA
- Publication
Molecular Psychiatry, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1359-4184
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/mp.2009.101