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HLA and genetic susceptibility to sleepwalking

Lecendreux, M, Bassetti, C, Dauvilliers, Y, Mayer, G, Neidhart, E, Tafti, M·2003·Molecular Psychiatry

Abstract

HLA-DQB1 typing was performed in 60 Caucasian subjects with sleepwalking (SW) disorder and their families and 60 ethnically matched subjects without any diagnosed sleep disorder. A total of 21 sleepwalkers (35.0%) were DQB1*0501 positive vs eight (13.3%) controls (P = 0.0056; odds ratio = 3.5, 95% CI = 1.4-8.7). The family data for all HLA subtypes were further assessed for allelic association with SW using the transmission-disequilibrium test. A significant excess transmission was observed for DQB1*05 and *04 alleles in familial cases, strongly suggesting that a DQB1 polymorphic amino acid might be more tightly associated than any single allele. Sequence screening revealed that Ser74 in the second exon shared by all DQB1*05 and *04 was 20 times transmitted against 4 times non-transmitted (P = 0.001) in familial cases of SW. Thus, together with narcolepsy and REM sleep behavior disorder, these findings suggest that specific DQB1 genes are implicated in disorders of motor control during sleep.

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Authors
Lecendreux, M., Bassetti, C., Dauvilliers, Y., Mayer, G., Neidhart, E., & Tafti, M.
Affiliations
  • Hôpital Robert-Debré (FR)
  • University Hospital of Bern (CH)
  • University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Tafti, M
Venue
Molecular Psychiatry
Published
2003-01-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
114-117
ISSN
  • 1359-4184 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5578
OpenAlex
W1966121006
Cited by
193
References
29
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FWCI
3.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Molecular Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
sleepwalking, HLA-DQB1, genetic susceptibility, family transmission, transmission disequilibrium test, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, REM sleep behavior disorder
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Histocompatibility Testing, HLA-DQ Antigens, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Somnambulism, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, HLA-DQ beta-Chains

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