Schizophrenia-associated mt-DNA SNPs exhibit highly variable haplogroup affiliation and nuclear ancestry: Bi-genomic dependence raises major concerns for link to disease.

Mitochondria play a significant role in human diseases. However, disease associations with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) SNPs have proven difficult to replicate. An analysis of eight schizophrenia-associated mtDNA SNPs, in 23,743 Danes without a psychiatric diagnosis and 2,538 schizophrenia patients, re...

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Main Authors: Christian M Hagen, Vanessa F Gonçalves, Paula L Hedley, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Christine S Hansen, Jørgen K Kanters, Jimmi Nielsen, Ole Mors, Alfonso B Demur, Thomas D Als, Merete Nordentoft, Anders Børglum, Preben B Mortensen, James Kennedy, Thomas M Werge, David M Hougaard, Michael Christiansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208828