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NEUROREPORT
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 45-48Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834e5af3
Keywords
5HT(1D); association; common migraine; familial typical migraine; G protein-coupled receptor; linkage; migraine with aura; pharmacogenetics; serotonin; transmission disequilibrium test
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- Scottish Rite Foundation of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Ontario Brain Institute
- Epilepsy Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Migraine with aura (MA) may share some but not all risk factors with other forms of migraine. As common migraine without aura (MO) has been associated with the chromosome 1p36 locus, we tested its involvement in MA by using two-point parametric linkage analysis to analyze 64 multiplex MA families. A logarithm of the odds score of 1.9 was suggestive of chromosome 1p36 linkage to MA. The transmission disequilibrium test analysis was then performed in 79 nuclear families with one MA parent and one MA offspring. We identified the presence of genetic association at chromosome 1p36 with MA (P = 0.045, Bonferroni corrected): the locus encoding the 5HT(1D) receptor gene. Although these data suggest that the 1p36 locus may protect against MA, consistent with the role of the 5HT(1D) receptor in migraine treatment with triptan drugs, the study is subject to the limitations associated with studying a small number of affected families. As a result, we contrast evidence suggesting that the chromosome 1p36 locus is strongly MO associated with our finding that 1p36 has a more limited contribution to MA in the families we analyzed. Further work using a genome-wide association study approach in familial typical migraine, consisting of those affected by MO or MA, will serve to further distinguish how and why MA differs from MO. NeuroReport 23:45-48 (C) 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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