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Investigation of interaction between DCDC2 and KIAA0319 in a large German dyslexia sample

Kerstin U. Ludwig, Darina Roeske, Johannes Schumacher, Gerd Schulte-Körne, Inke R. König, Andreas Warnke, Ellen Plume, Andreas Ziegler, Helmut Remschmidt, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Markus M. Nöthen, Per Hoffmann*

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

The dyslexia susceptibility locus DYX2 (chr. 6p21-p22) harbours two candidate genes, DCDC2 and KIAA0319. In 2006, Harold et al. reported evidence for interaction between both genes. Having previously identified a risk haplotype for dyslexia in DCDC2, but not KIAA0319, in German families, we also tested for interaction between this risk haplotype and KIAA0319. We found a nominally significant association for the quantitative dimension "word reading", the core phenotype in the study of Harold et al., which may be considered as supportive evidence.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Neural Transmission
Volume115
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)1587-1589
Number of pages3
ISSN0300-9564
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11.2008

Funding

GSK, AW, AZ, HR, BMM and MMN were supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. MMN received further support for this work from the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. The study was approved by the ethical committees of the Universities of Marburg and Würzburg. Informed consent was given by all participants or their parents if aged 14 or younger.

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