Abstract
OBJECTIVE: A polymorphism in the promoter region of the NPY gene at position -399 C > T was recently reported to be associated with schizophrenia in a Japanese population and with treatment refractory unipolar depression in a Swedish population. The objective of this study was to investigate potential associations between the polymorphism and three psychiatric disorders in a Danish population.
METHOD: We investigated the occurrence of the polymorphism in patients with schizophrenia (n = 291), unipolar depression (n = 256) and panic disorder (n = 142) compared with controls (n = 716).
RESULTS: We detected the polymorphism -399 C > T at a frequency of 48% in controls. No significant differences were found between genotype or allele frequencies in controls vs. the patient groups.
CONCLUSION: The lack of association between the -399 C > T polymorphism and schizophrenia, unipolar depression or panic disorder, respectively, suggests that the polymorphism is not involved in the etiology of these disorders in the Danish population.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 54-58 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
Volume | 113 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2006 |
Keywords
- case-control studies
- neuropeptide Y
- promoter regions (genetics)
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- schizophrenia
- unipolar depression
- panic disorder
- DNA primers
- depressive disorders
- gene frequency
- genotype
- prevalence