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Studies of alcohol dependence (AD) have consistently found evidence of linkage on chromosome 4q21–q32. A genome-wide linkage scan in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence (IASPSAD) sample also provided its strongest evidence of linkage on chromosome 4q22–q32 using an index of AD severity based on the count of DSM-IV AD symptoms (ADSX; LOD = 4.59). We conducted a systematic, gene-centric association study using 518 LD-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 65 known and predicted genes within the 1-LOD interval surrounding the linkage peak. Case-only regression analysis with the quantitative variable of ADSX was performed in the 562 genetically independent cases; nominal support for association was demonstrated by 32 tagging SNPs in 14 genes. We did not observe study-wide significance, but gene-wise correction for multiple testing with the Nyholt procedure yielded empirical evidence of association with two genes,DKK2(dickkopf homolog 2) (P= 0.007) andEGF(epidermal growth factor) (P= 0.025) in the IASPSAD sample. Three SNPs inDKK2(rs427983; rs419558; rs399087) demonstrated empirical significance. Assessment of possible replication in 847 cases of European descent from a large independent sample, the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism, yielded replication forDKK2but notEGF. We observed genotypic and phenotypic replication forDKK2with the three SNPs yielding significant association with ADSX in the IASPSAD sample. Haplotype-specific expression measurements in post-mortem tissue samples suggested a functional role forDKK2. This evidence notwithstanding, replication is needed before confidence can be placed in these findings.

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A systematic gene-based screen of chr4q22–q32 identifies association of a novel susceptibility gene,               DKK2              , with the quantitative trait of alcohol dependence symptom counts