Identification of sialyltransferase 8B as a generalized susceptibility gene for psychotic and mood disorders on chromosome 15q25-26

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  McAuley, Erica Z ^a,b   Scimone, Anna ^a   Tiwari, Yash ^a,b,c   Agahi, Giti ^a   Mowry, Bryan J ^d   Holliday, Elizabeth G ^d   Donald, Jennifer A ^e   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Phillip B ^b,f   Schofield, Peter R ^a,b,c   Fullerton, Janice M ^a,b,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Schizophrenia Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE-POLY-ALPHA-2,8-SIALOSYL SIALYLTRANSFERASE; POLY ALPHA 2,8 SIALOSYL SIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q25 26; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIALYLTRANSFERASE 8B GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84861674715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038172     Document Type: Article

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