Schizophrenia 13; SCZD13
GtoPdb Disease Summaries
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✖| Disease ID: | 840 | |
| Name: | Schizophrenia 13; SCZD13 | |
| Associated with: | 1 target | |
Targets
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✖| nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subunit | |
| Role: | There is linkage between the α7 gene locus on chromosome 15 and auditory gating deficits common in schizophrenic patients. Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the α7 gene that reduce its transcription appear to be associated with schizophrenia. Brains of schizophrenics have reduced levels of α-bungarotoxin binding sites. |
| References: | 1,3 |
| Mutations: | nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subunit is associated with 2 mutation. Click here for details  |
Ligands
GtoPdb Disease Summaries - Ligands
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- Bioactivty Comments: Curatorial comments specifically about the compounds biological activity - with hyperlink to more details on the ligand summary pages.
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✖No ligand related data available for Schizophrenia 13; SCZD13
References
1. Freedman R, Hall M, Adler LE, Leonard S. (1995) Evidence in postmortem brain tissue for decreased numbers of hippocampal nicotinic receptors in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry, 38 (1): 22-33. [PMID:7548469]
2. Gault J, Robinson M, Berger R, Drebing C, Logel J, Hopkins J, Moore T, Jacobs S, Meriwether J, Choi MJ et al.. (1998) Genomic organization and partial duplication of the human alpha7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene (CHRNA7). Genomics, 52 (2): 173-85. [PMID:9782083]
3. Leonard S, Gault J, Hopkins J, Logel J, Vianzon R, Short M, Drebing C, Berger R, Venn D, Sirota P et al.. (2002) Association of promoter variants in the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit gene with an inhibitory deficit found in schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 59 (12): 1085-96. [PMID:12470124]
