Volume 27, Issue 4 pp. 392-396
Research Article

No association between the type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility gene, SLC30A8 and schizophrenia in a Chinese population

Xuan Zhang

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Xuan Zhang

Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Xuan Zhang, Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China. E-mail: [email protected]

Thomas R Kosten and Xiang Yang Zhang, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Song-Lei Guan

Song-Lei Guan

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Zhen-Qi Wang

Zhen-Qi Wang

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Yang You

Yang You

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Shi-Long Sun

Shi-Long Sun

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Li Hui

Li Hui

Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Li-ning Miao

Li-ning Miao

Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Yaqin Yu

Yaqin Yu

Research Center for Genomic Medicine and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Thomas R Kosten

Corresponding Author

Thomas R Kosten

Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Xuan Zhang, Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China. E-mail: [email protected]

Thomas R Kosten and Xiang Yang Zhang, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Xiang Yang Zhang

Corresponding Author

Xiang Yang Zhang

Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Xuan Zhang, Research Center for Diabetic Complication and Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China. E-mail: [email protected]

Thomas R Kosten and Xiang Yang Zhang, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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First published: 09 July 2012
Citations: 1

Xuan Zhang and Song-Lei Guan contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Background

The co-occurrence of schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been well documented. Recent genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses have shown robust associations of the solute carrier family 30 member 8 (SLC30A8) gene variants with T2DM in various populations. We examined the involvement of the SLC30A8 in the susceptibility to schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population.

Methods

The SLC30A8 rs13266634 gene polymorphism was genotyped in 837 chronic schizophrenic and 1109 unrelated healthy controls by using a case control design. We also assessed clinical symptoms.

Results

There were no significant differences in the rs13266634 genotype (χ2 = 1.95, df = 2, p = 0.38) and allele (χ2 = 0.47, df = 1, p = 0.50) distributions between the patient and control groups. There was no association between rs13266634 and clinical symptoms.

Conclusion

The SLC30A8 gene variation does not appear to contribute a genetic basis for the co-occurrence of schizophrenia and T2DM. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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