Confirmation of association between autism and the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier SLC25A12 gene on chromosome 2q31
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Segurado, Ricardo and Conroy, Judith and Meally, Eleanor and Fitzgerald, Michael and Gill, Michael and Gallagher, Louise `Confirmation of association between autism and the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier SLC25A12 gene on chromosome 2q31? in American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, (11), 2005, pp 2182 - 2184Download Item:
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OBJECTIVE: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with childhood onset and a known major genetic component. A recent study identified a highly significant association between autism and a two-single-nucleotide-polymorphism haplotype in the SLC25A12 gene, with a homozygote genotype relative risk between 2.4 and 4.8. The authors? goal was to investigate this association with autism in Irish affected child-parent trios because replication in an independent sample is essential in the validation of such potentially important findings. METHOD: Markers rs2056202 and rs2292813 were genotyped in a total of 158 trios (442 individuals). The Transmission Disequilibrium Test was used to examine these markers for association with autism. RESULTS: In agreement with the recent study, the authors found significant association between autism and the C alleles of both rs2056202 and rs2292813 as well as the two-marker haplotype. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide replication of the association between autism and SLC25A12.
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Author: GILL, MICHAEL; SEGURADO, RICARDO
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