Association study between the novel functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene and suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia. |
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Authors: | Vincenzo De Luca Gwyneth Zai Subi Tharmalingam Andrea de Bartolomeis Greg Wong James L Kennedy |
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Affiliation: | Neurogenetics Section, Clarke Site, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street R-30, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8. Vincenzo_Deluca@camh.net |
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Abstract: | A serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has been investigated in several genetic association studies, including studies of schizophrenia and suicidality. The current study was designed to examine whether the new long (A/G) variant polymorphism of the 5-HTT gene may be associated with suicide attempts of 290 Caucasian schizophrenic patients. Among these patients, 92 had a history of suicide attempt. No association with history of suicide attempt was found in the multiallelic 5-HTTLPR (p = 0.305), however we found significant association with the intron 2 VNTR polymorphism (p = 0.018). When we performed a haplotype analysis, we found association between suicide attempt and haplotype distribution (p = 0.031). These findings suggest that the intron 2 VNTR polymorphism in serotonin transporter gene may influence suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia. |
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