Association of SNPs in EGR3 and ARC with schizophrenia supports a biological pathway for schizophrenia risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Huentelman, Matthew J ^a   Muppana, Leela ^b   Corneveaux, Jason J ^a   Dinu, Valentin ^c   Pruzin, Jeremy J ^a   Reiman, Rebecca ^a   Borish, Cassie N ^a   De Both, Matt ^a   Ahmed, Amber ^b   Todorov, Alexandre ^d   Cloninger, C Robert ^d   Zhang, Rui ^e   Ma, Jie ^f   Gallitano, Amelia L ^b  

^a TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EGR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGR3 GENE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EU CITIZEN; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPLICATION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; RISK FACTOR;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84949238528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135076     Document Type: Article

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