Localisation of a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 5

Owen, Michael John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-0862, Craufurd, D. and St Clair, D. 1990. Localisation of a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 5. British Journal of Psychiatry 157 (1) , pp. 123-127. 10.1192/bjp.157.1.123

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Abstract

"A considerable proportion of the variance in the liability to develop schizophrenia may be genetic, but segregation analysis, to establish a mode of transmission, has not produced a consistent result. One of these studies was carried out in Iceland and made use of the large family size and extensive genealogical information present in that country. Here we demonstrate genetic linkage of two DNA polymorphisms on the long arm of human chromosome 5 to schizophrenia in seven British and Icelandic families with multiple affected members. The results indicate the existence of a gene locus with a dominant schizophrenia-susceptibility allele. Inheritance of the allele in the families studied suggests that it may also predispose to psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders and a variety of other disorders. This report provides the first strong evidence for the involvement of a single gene in the causation of schizophrenia."

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81091

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