Sex determines which section of the SLC6A4 gene is linked to obsessive–compulsive symptoms in normal Chinese college students

Abstract Previous case–control and family-based association studies have implicated the SLC6A4 gene in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Little research, however, has examined this gene's role in obsessive–compulsive symptoms (OCS) in community samples. The present study genotyped seven tag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of psychiatric research 2012-09, Vol.46 (9), p.1153-1160
Hauptverfasser: Lei, Xuemei, Chen, Chuansheng, He, Qinghua, Chen, Chunhui, Moyzis, Robert K, Xue, Gui, Chen, Xiongying, Cao, Zhongyu, Li, Jin, Li, He, Zhu, Bi, Chun Hsu, Anna Shan, Li, Sufang, Li, Jun, Dong, Qi
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Previous case–control and family-based association studies have implicated the SLC6A4 gene in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Little research, however, has examined this gene's role in obsessive–compulsive symptoms (OCS) in community samples. The present study genotyped seven tag SNPs and two common functional tandem repeat polymorphisms ( 5-HTTLPR and STin2 ), which together cover the whole SLC6A4 gene, and investigated their associations with OCS in normal Chinese college students ( N  = 572). The results revealed a significant gender main effect and gender-specific genetic effects of the SLC6A4 gene on OCS. Males scored significantly higher on total OCS and its three dimensions than did females ( ps  
ISSN:0022-3956
1879-1379
DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.05.002