• Family-based association of an ANK3 haplotype with bipolar disorder in Latino populations 

      Zavala, Juan Manuel; Dassori, Albana; Escamilla, Michael; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; Nicolini Sánchez, José Humberto; Ontiveros Sánchez de la Barquera, Jose Alfonso; Jerez, Álvaro; Contreras Rojas, Javier; Ramírez, Mercedes; Contreras, Salvador; Flores, Deborah; Leach, Robin J.; Armas, Regina; González, S. D. (Translational Psychiatry (2013) 3, e265, 2013-05-28)
      Some of the most consistent findings have been in variants located in the ANK3 (ankyrin-G) gene located on chromosome 10q. Schultz et al.4 found that BP risk alleles in ANK3, rs9804190 and rs10994336, contributed ...
    • Suggestive evidence for association between L-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CACNA1C) gene haplotypes and bipolar disorder in latinos: a family-based association study 

      Xu, Chun; Zavala, Juan Manuel; Armas, Regina; Contreras, Salvador; Dassori, Albana; Ontiveros Sánchez de la Barquera, Jose Alfonso; Nicolini Sánchez, José Humberto; Escamilla, Michael; Ramírez, Mercedes; Flores, Deborah; Jerez, Álvaro; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; González, Suzanne; Leach, Robin J. (Bipolar Disorders 2013: 15: 206–214, 2013-02-25)
      Objectives: Through recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs), several groups have reported significant association between variants in the calcium channel, voltage-dependent, L-type, alpha 1C subunit (CACNA1C) and ...
    • The epsin 4 gene is associated with psychotic disorders in families of Latin American origin 

      Escamilla, Michael; Dae Lee, Byung; Ontiveros Sánchez de la Barquera, Jose Alfonso; Nicolini Sánchez, José Humberto; Mendoza Rodríguez, Ricardo; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Medina, Rolando; Walss Bass, Consuelo; Armas, Regina; Contreras, Salvador; Dassori, Albana; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; Jerez, Álvaro; Figueroa, Andrés; Ramírez, Mercedes (Schizophrenia Research vol. 106, num 2 (2008) 253–257, 2008-10-20)
      This study attempted to replicate evidence for association of the Epsin 4 gene (which encodes enthoprotin, a protein involved in vesicular transport) to schizophrenia in a new sample of families segregating schizophrenia ...