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SUBMITTER: Treutlein J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541316 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Treutlein Jens J Frank Josef J Streit Fabian F Reinbold Céline S CS Juraeva Dilafruz D Degenhardt Franziska F Rietschel Liz L Witt Stephanie H SH Forstner Andreas J AJ Ridinger Monika M Strohmaier Jana J Wodarz Norbert N Dukal Helene H Foo Jerome C JC Hoffmann Per P Herms Stefan S Heilmann-Heimbach Stefanie S Soyka Michael M Maier Wolfgang W Gaebel Wolfgang W Dahmen Norbert N Scherbaum Norbert N Müller-Myhsok Bertram B Lucae Susanne S Ising Marcus M Stickel Felix F Berg Thomas T Roggenbuck Ulla U Jöckel Karl-Heinz KH Scholz Henrike H Zimmermann Ulrich S US Buch Stephan S Sommer Wolfgang H WH Spanagel Rainer R Brors Benedikt B Cichon Sven S Mann Karl K Kiefer Falk F Hampe Jochen J Rosendahl Jonas J Nöthen Markus M MM Rietschel Marcella M
Genes 20170717 7
The present study investigated the genetic contribution to alcohol dependence (AD) using genome-wide association data from three German samples. These comprised patients with: (i) AD; (ii) chronic alcoholic pancreatitis (ACP); and (iii) alcohol-related liver cirrhosis (ALC). Single marker, gene-based, and pathway analyses were conducted. A significant association was detected for the <i>ADH1B</i> locus in a gene-based approach (<i>p</i><sub>uncorrected</sub> = 1.2 × 10<sup>-6</sup>; <i>p</i><sub ...[more]