2019
Genetic associations and expression of extra-short isoforms of disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 in a neurocognitive subgroup of schizophrenia
Liu C, Liu Y, Hwu H, Fann C, Yang U, Hsu P, Chang C, Chen W, Hwang T, Hsieh M, Liu C, Chien Y, Lin Y, Tsuang M. Genetic associations and expression of extra-short isoforms of disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 in a neurocognitive subgroup of schizophrenia. Journal Of Human Genetics 2019, 64: 653-663. PMID: 30976040, DOI: 10.1038/s10038-019-0597-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisrupted-in-schizophrenia 1Deficient sustained attentionSchizophrenia patientsContinuous Performance TestFrequency of AA genotypeRisk polymorphismsNeurocognitive subgroupsAssociated with schizophreniaEBV-transformed lymphocytesSustained attentionAA genotypeG alleleMRNA expression levelsA allelePatientsFamilial loadingIntron 4Genetic variantsSchizophreniaIsoform transcriptsGenetic associationSNPsExpression levelsIsoformsESV1
2016
Haplotypes of the D-Amino Acid Oxidase Gene Are Significantly Associated with Schizophrenia and Its Neurocognitive Deficits
Liu Y, Wang S, Hwu H, Fann C, Yang U, Yang W, Hsu P, Chang C, Wen C, Tsai-Wu J, Hwang T, Hsieh M, Liu C, Chien Y, Fang C, Faraone S, Tsuang M, Chen W, Liu C. Haplotypes of the D-Amino Acid Oxidase Gene Are Significantly Associated with Schizophrenia and Its Neurocognitive Deficits. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0150435. PMID: 26986737, PMCID: PMC4795637, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismsAssociated with schizophreniaIntron 8Genomic regionsIntron 1Genetic variantsLarger patient samplesD-amino-acid oxidase geneNovel single‐nucleotide polymorphismsHaplotype association analysisSingle-locus analysisExecutive functionD-amino acid oxidaseFunctional genetic variantsSustained attentionNeurocognitive functionSchizophreniaEpstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphocytesMRNA expressionHaplotype blocksSingle-locusHaplotype distributionVirus-transformed lymphocytesHaplotype frequenciesAssociation analysis