Abstract
A number of large, rare copy number variants (CNVs) are deleterious for neurodevelopmental disorders, but large, rare, protective CNVs have not been reported for such phenotypes. Here we show in a CNV analysis of 47?005 individuals, the largest CNV analysis of schizophrenia to date, that large duplications (1.5-3.0?Mb) at 22q11.2-the reciprocal of the well-known, risk-inducing deletion of this locus-are substantially less common in schizophrenia cases than in the general population (0.014% vs 0.085%, OR=0.17, P=0.00086). 22q11.2 duplications represent the first putative protective mutation for schizophrenia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 37-40 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Molecular Psychiatry |
| Volume | 19 |
| Early online date | 12 Nov 2013 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience