No association between the -399 C > T polymorphism of the neuropeptide Y gene and schizophrenia, unipolar depression or panic disorder in a Danish population |
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Authors: | Lindberg C Koefoed P Hansen E S Bolwig T G Rehfeld J F Mellerup E Jørgensen O S Kessing L V Werge T Haugbøl S Wang A G Woldbye D P D |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen & Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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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. |
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Keywords: | case–control studies neuropeptide Y promoter regions (genetics) single‐nucleotide polymorphism schizophrenia unipolar depression panic disorder |
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