PMID- 23044507 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130212 LR - 20211021 IS - 1538-3636 (Electronic) IS - 0003-990X (Print) IS - 0003-990X (Linking) VI - 69 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Highly penetrant alterations of a critical region including BDNF in human psychopathology and obesity. PG - 1238-46 LID - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.660 [doi] AB - CONTEXT Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is suspected of being a causative factor in psychiatric disorders based on case reports or studies involving large structural anomalies. OBJECTIVE To determine the involvement of BDNF in human psychopathology. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization data from 7 molecular diagnostic centers including 38 550 affected subjects and 28 705 unaffected subjects. PATIENTS Subjects referred to diagnostic screening centers for microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization for physical or cognitive impairment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Genomic copy number gains and losses. RESULTS We report 5 individuals with psychopathology and genomic deletion of a critical region including BDNF. The defined critical region was never disrupted in control subjects or diagnostic cases without developmental abnormalities. CONCLUSION Hemizygosity of the BDNF region contributes to variable psychiatric phenotypes including anxiety, behavioral, and mood disorders. FAU - Ernst, Carl AU - Ernst C FAU - Marshall, Christian R AU - Marshall CR FAU - Shen, Yiping AU - Shen Y FAU - Metcalfe, Kay AU - Metcalfe K FAU - Rosenfeld, Jill AU - Rosenfeld J FAU - Hodge, Jennelle C AU - Hodge JC FAU - Torres, Alcy AU - Torres A FAU - Blumenthal, Ian AU - Blumenthal I FAU - Chiang, Colby AU - Chiang C FAU - Pillalamarri, Vamsee AU - Pillalamarri V FAU - Crapper, Liam AU - Crapper L FAU - Diallo, Alpha B AU - Diallo AB FAU - Ruderfer, Douglas AU - Ruderfer D FAU - Pereira, Shahrin AU - Pereira S FAU - Sklar, Pamela AU - Sklar P FAU - Purcell, Shaun AU - Purcell S FAU - Wildin, Robert S AU - Wildin RS FAU - Spencer, Anne C AU - Spencer AC FAU - Quade, Bradley F AU - Quade BF FAU - Harris, David J AU - Harris DJ FAU - Lemyre, Emanuelle AU - Lemyre E FAU - Wu, Bai-Lin AU - Wu BL FAU - Stavropoulos, Dimitri J AU - Stavropoulos DJ FAU - Geraghty, Michael T AU - Geraghty MT FAU - Shaffer, Lisa G AU - Shaffer LG FAU - Morton, Cynthia C AU - Morton CC FAU - Scherer, Stephen W AU - Scherer SW FAU - Gusella, James F AU - Gusella JF FAU - Talkowski, Michael E AU - Talkowski ME LA - eng GR - F32 MH087123/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 GM061354/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 HD065286/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Arch Gen Psychiatry JT - Archives of general psychiatry JID - 0372435 PMC - PMC3590016 MID - NIHMS440737 COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2012/10/10 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/10 06:01 PMCR- 2013/12/01 CRDT- 2012/10/10 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1377691 [pii] AID - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.660 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Dec;69(12):1238-46. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.660.