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Methods: Here, we performed a systematic literature review on the topic of genetic variations in sleep-disordered schizophrenic patients in an attempt to identify high quality investigations reporting scientifically sound and clinically useful data. For this purpose, we conducted a thorough search of PubMed, ScienceDirect and GoogleScholar databases, according to the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) protocol. Results: Our search yielded 11 eligible studies. Certain genetic variations were reported to be associated with schizophrenia-related sleep disorders. Antipsychotic-induced restless legs syndrome was linked to polymorphisms located on CLOCK, BTBD9, GNB3, and TH genes, clozapine-induced somnolence was correlated with polymorphisms of HNMT gene, while insomnia was associated with variants of the MTNR1 gene. Conclusions: There are significant genetic associations between schizophrenia and co-morbid sleep disorders, implicating the circadian system, dopamine and histamine metabolism and signal transduction pathways.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicines5020027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,26]],"date-time":"2018-03-26T03:43:29Z","timestamp":1522035809000},"page":"27","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Genetic Variations Associated with Sleep Disorders in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Assimakopoulos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26504, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katerina","family":"Karaivazoglou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26504, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8579-8933","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Skokou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26504, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marina","family":"Kalogeropoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26404, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Panagiotis","family":"Kolios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26404, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philippos","family":"Gourzis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26504, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0519-7776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"George","family":"Patrinos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26404, Greece"},{"name":"Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, P.O.Box 17666, UAE"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evangelia","family":"Tsermpini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Rion, Patras 26404, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"939","DOI":"10.2165\/00023210-200822110-00004","article-title":"Sleep disturbances in patients with schizophrenia: Impact and effect of antipsychotics","volume":"22","author":"Cohrs","year":"2008","journal-title":"CNS Drugs"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hofstetter, J.R., Lysaker, P.H., and Mayeda, A.R. 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