An Association Study of COMT Gene Polymorphism with Korean Schizophrenics

정신분열병과 Catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT) 유전자 다형성의 연합

  • Song, En-Sook (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hanyang University) ;
  • Yang, Byung-Hwan (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine and The Mental Health Research Institute, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Kang-Kyu (Seoul National Mental Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Yu-Sang (Yong-In Mental Hospital) ;
  • An, Eun-Soog (Yong-In Mental Hospital) ;
  • Oh, Dong-Yul (Seoul National Mental Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Won (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Ehwa University) ;
  • Choi, Ihn-Geun (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Gil-Sook (Seoul National Mental Hospital) ;
  • Chai, Young-Gyu (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hanyang University)
  • 송은숙 (한양대학교 생화학 및 분자생물학과) ;
  • 양병환 (한양대학교 정신건강연구소 및 의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 박강규 (국립서울정신병) ;
  • 이유상 (용인정신병원) ;
  • 안은숙 (용인정신병원) ;
  • 오동열 (국립서울정신병) ;
  • 김종원 (이화여자대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 최인근 (한림대학교 의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 김길숙 (국립서울정신병) ;
  • 채영규 (한양대학교 생화학 및 분자생물학과)
  • Published : 1998.12.25

Abstract

An association study with Korean schizophrenic patients(N=84) and normal controls(N=87) was performed to find the relationship between catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT) gene polymorphism and schizophrenia using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. When we compared the allele and genotype frequencies of Bgl I COMT gene polymorphism in schizophrenics and normal controls, there was no significant difference between two groups. Our results do not support an association between the Bgl I polymorphism of COMT gene and schizophrenia.

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Supported by : 한양대학교