A family-based association study of the MOG gene with schizophrenia in the Chinese population

Schizophr Res. 2005 Mar 1;73(2-3):275-80. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.07.018.

Abstract

Recently the expression of human myelin/oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) has been found to be significantly downregulated in the brain tissue of subjects with schizophrenia, suggesting that the MOG gene resides within a high-susceptibility locus for schizophrenia. In order to test this prediction, we analyzed three microsatellites from MOG in the Han Chinese population using a sample of 532 trios. Analysis of allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies showed weak positive association between the markers and the disease (p=0.01982). Our results would indicate that the MOG gene may play a significant role in schizophrenia in the Han Chinese. However, further study is required using other methods and involving other populations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asian People / genetics*
  • China
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Haplotypes / genetics
  • Humans
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Microsatellite Repeats / genetics
  • Myelin Proteins
  • Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein / genetics*
  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
  • Schizophrenia / ethnology*
  • Schizophrenia / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • MOG protein, human
  • Myelin Proteins
  • Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein
  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein