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SUBMITTER: Yokoyama S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4493464 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yokoyama Shigeru S Al Mahmuda Naila N Munesue Toshio T Hayashi Kenshi K Yagi Kunimasa K Yamagishi Masakazu M Higashida Haruhiro H
Brain sciences 20150520 2
CD157, also referred to as bone marrow stromal cell antigen-1 (BST-1), is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored molecule that promotes pre-B-cell growth. Previous studies have reported associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the CD157/BST1 gene with Parkinson's disease. In an attempt to determine whether SNPs or haplotypes in the CD157/BST1 are associated with other brain disorders, we performed a case-control study including 147 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients a ...[more]