Lack of association between schizophrenia and a pancreatic phospholipase A-2 gene (PLA2G1B) polymorphism

Psychiatr Genet. 1999 Sep;9(3):153-5. doi: 10.1097/00041444-199909000-00008.

Abstract

Patients with schizophrenia (DSM IV, n = 149) and controls (n = 180) participated in a case-control association study in which a trinucleotide repeat polymorphism of pancreatic phospholipase A2 group 1B (PLA2G1B) was examined. Both African-American and Caucasian populations were included in this USA sample. There were no significant case-control differences, therefore his study does not support an association between schizophrenia and a PLA2G1B polymorphism on chromosome 12.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Black People / genetics
  • Black or African American
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • DNA / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreas / enzymology*
  • Phospholipases A / genetics*
  • Phospholipases A2
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Reference Values
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Schizophrenia / enzymology
  • Schizophrenia / genetics*
  • Trinucleotide Repeats
  • United States
  • White People / genetics

Substances

  • DNA
  • Phospholipases A
  • Phospholipases A2