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Psychiatry Res ; 142(1): 93-7, 2006 May 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16516305

RESUMO

Many studies have found that individuals with schizophrenia have been born in winter months in disproportionately high numbers. Temperature and weather effects, such as hot summers or cold winters, have been among the suggested explanations for this seasonality effect. We studied the relationship between schizophrenia and season of birth in Puerto Rico, a tropical island with mild seasonal variation of temperature and virtually no cold periods. Our sample consisted of 132 subjects (57 with schizophrenia, 75 without) from 24 multiplex families. Schizophrenic family members were significantly more likely to be born during the winter months (21/57; 36.8%) than their unaffected relatives (16/75; 21.3%). These results suggest that extreme temperatures are not a sufficient explanation for the seasonality effect and that other factors associated with seasonality may have an effect on the later development of schizophrenia. The fact that a seasonality effect was found in a group likely to have an increased genetic loading for schizophrenia suggests that seasonality may be associated with a second, environmental "hit" in a "two-hit hypothesis" of schizophrenia.


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Parto , Esquizofrenia/epidemiologia , Estações do Ano , Clima Tropical , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Porto Rico/epidemiologia , Esquizofrenia/genética
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Psychiatr Genet ; 15(3): 205-10, 2005 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16094256

RESUMO

A locus involved in schizophrenia and related disorders in a Puerto Rican family has previously been mapped to chromosome 5p. The maximum two-point log of the odds (LOD) score of 3.72 was obtained for marker D5S111, and increased to 4.37 by multipoint analysis, assuming autosomal dominant inheritance with 90% penetrance. Additional genotyping and haplotype analysis placed the novel locus on 5p13.2-p13.3 within the interval between markers D5S1993 and D5S631. In the current study, we saturated the interval between markers D5S1993 and D5S631 with densely spaced polymorphic markers, genotyped these markers in the most informative branch of the family, and narrowed the critical region to 2.8 Mb. G-protein-coupled receptor gene [somatostatin and angiotensin-like peptide receptor (SALPR)] is one of the candidate genes within the critical interval. Sequence analysis of the coding region and the putative promoter of somatostatin and angiotensin-like peptide receptor did not reveal functionally significant variants in affected family members, although several polymorphisms were detected.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 5 , Esquizofrenia/genética , Transtorno da Personalidade Esquizotípica/genética , Feminino , Genótipo , Haplótipos , Humanos , Masculino , Linhagem , Porto Rico
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