PMID- 16960807 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061031 LR - 20200824 IS - 0002-9297 (Print) IS - 1537-6605 (Electronic) IS - 0002-9297 (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 4 DP - 2006 Oct TI - HLA-B maternal-fetal genotype matching increases risk of schizophrenia. PG - 710-5 AB - Schizophrenia and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching between couples or between mothers and offspring have independently been associated with prenatal/obstetric complications, including preeclampsia and low birth weight. Here, we report the results of a family-based candidate-gene study that brings together these two disparate lines of research by assessing maternal-fetal genotype matching at HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 as a risk factor of schizophrenia. We used a conditional-likelihood modeling approach with a sample of 274 families that had at least one offspring with schizophrenia or a related spectrum disorder. A statistically significant HLA-B maternal-fetal genotype-matching effect on schizophrenia was demonstrated for female offspring (P=.01; parameter estimate 1.7 [95% confidence interval 1.22-2.49]). Because the matching effect could be associated with pregnancy complications rather than with schizophrenia per se, these findings are consistent with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia and with accumulating evidence that the prenatal period is involved in the origins of this disease. Our approach demonstrates how genetic markers can be used to characterize the biology of prenatal risk factors of schizophrenia. FAU - Palmer, Christina G S AU - Palmer CG AD - Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. cpalmer@mednet.ucla.edu FAU - Hsieh, Hsin-Ju AU - Hsieh HJ FAU - Reed, Elaine F AU - Reed EF FAU - Lonnqvist, Jouko AU - Lonnqvist J FAU - Peltonen, Leena AU - Peltonen L FAU - Woodward, J Arthur AU - Woodward JA FAU - Sinsheimer, Janet S AU - Sinsheimer JS LA - eng GR - R01 GM053275/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 MH066001/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - GM53275/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - MH066001/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060815 PL - United States TA - Am J Hum Genet JT - American journal of human genetics JID - 0370475 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-A Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Genotype MH - HLA Antigens/immunology MH - HLA-A Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-B Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DR Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Nuclear Family MH - Pregnancy MH - Pregnancy Complications/genetics/immunology MH - Risk Factors MH - Schizophrenia/*genetics/physiopathology MH - Sex Characteristics PMC - PMC1592576 EDAT- 2006/09/09 09:00 MHDA- 2006/11/01 09:00 PMCR- 2007/04/01 CRDT- 2006/09/09 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/07/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/09/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/11/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/09/09 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0002-9297(07)63081-X [pii] AID - 43692 [pii] AID - 10.1086/507829 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Oct;79(4):710-5. doi: 10.1086/507829. Epub 2006 Aug 15.