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CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 147-153Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328325a598
Keywords
candidate genes; copy number repeat; meta-analysis; schizophrenia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council
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Purpose of review We will give an overview of more recent data concerning previously implicated candidate genes for schizophrenia. This includes functional data when available. Furthermore, studies on copy number repeats and their possible implications in schizophrenia will be described. Recent findings Within the past year, schizophrenia genetics has focused on a more detailed investigation of previously implicated candidate genes. In addition, investigation of copy number variations has led to the identification of rare structural DNA variants that might play a major role in some cases of schizophrenia. Summary There is emerging evidence that some cases of schizophrenia might be due to rare genetic structural variation, though the majority of cases should be due to a cumulative effect of common variations in multiple genes, which in combination with environmental stressors may lead to the development of schizophrenia.
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