Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A functional polymorphism (Val-158-Met) at the Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) locus has been identified as a potential etiological factor in schizophrenia. 16921496

2006

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Effect of catechol O-methyltransferase val(158)met polymorphism on the p50 gating endophenotype in schizophrenia. 17448448

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Unfortunately, these studies have produced conflicting results.In a previous report, Shifman et al. found a three-marker haplotype (rs737865-rs4680-rs165599) that showed significant association with schizophrenia. 17427186

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE This study sought to clarify the effects of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism on brain structure, function, and risk of developing schizophrenia in a well-characterized cohort of individuals at high risk of schizophrenia for familial reasons. 17014827

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Influence of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism on neuropsychological and functional outcomes of classical rehabilitation and cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. 17383818

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We propose that an interaction of the DRD2 C957T and COMT Val158Met may be involved in the generation of some working memory deficits in schizophrenia. 17113268

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Aggression is associated with the 'low' activity allele (Met) of the functional Val158Met polymorphism among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders relative to the 'high' activity (Val) allele. 18075475

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A significant association was observed between schizophrenia, but not other related disorders, and genotypes GG (Val/Val) for rs4680 and TT for rs4633. 17363961

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Using the NIMH sibling study (SS), a non-independent case-control set, and an independent German (G) case-control set, we performed conditional/unconditional logistic regression to test for epistasis between SNPs in COMT (rs2097603, Val158Met (rs4680), rs165599) and polymorphisms in other schizophrenia susceptibility genes. 17006672

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Using the NIMH sibling study (SS), a non-independent case-control set, and an independent German (G) case-control set, we performed conditional/unconditional logistic regression to test for epistasis between SNPs in COMT (rs2097603, Val158Met (rs4680), rs165599) and polymorphisms in other schizophrenia susceptibility genes. 17006672

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A common functional polymorphism (rs4680, Val158Met) has been extensively tested for an association with schizophrenia, but with conflicting results. 17482701

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Based on the results in our sample, the catechol O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism is not associated with broad-based cognitive functioning in schizophrenia. 17601704

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We conclude that there is small but significant relationship between Val(158)Met genotype and executive function in healthy individuals but not in schizophrenia. 17325717

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The role of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val158met in prefrontal cortical deficits associated with the liability to schizophrenia remains controversial. 17516763

2007

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism has been identified as a potential etiologic factor in schizophrenia. 18092319

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE MTHFR 677C --> T genotype disrupts prefrontal function in schizophrenia through an interaction with COMT 158Val --> Met. 18988738

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Findings suggest that anhedonia is manifest in individuals who carry genetic liability for schizophrenia and is associated with the Val(158)Met polymorphism of the COMT gene. 19025226

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE These results suggest that the V158M SNP of the COMT gene is not associated with TD in schizophrenia. 18424907

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The purpose of our study is to examine the association between Ala72Ser and Val158Met functional polymorphisms in COMT gene and homicidal behavior in schizophrenia. 18163386

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Findings support the COMT Val158Met polymorphism conferring vulnerability for different clinical phenotypes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. 18571901

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Moreover, variations in the COMT Val158Met functional polymorphism have been associated with prefrontal cognitive abnormalities among patients with schizophrenia, healthy relatives and controls. 18407467

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val(108/158)met (rs4680) is thought to affect dopamine regulated prefrontal cortical activity during working memory (WM) tasks, and to weakly increase risk for developing schizophrenia. 17707347

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Val158Met has been found to predict performance on dopamine-mediated prefrontal tasks in healthy adults and patients with schizophrenia. 17924258

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE These findings support the hypothesized moderating role of the COMT gene in the aggressive behaviour in some schizophrenic patients, though they do not support the existence of a direct association between the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and aggressive schizophrenia case status in the Korean population. 18789857

2008

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE These results support the hypothesis that the COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism may be a modifier gene for the symptomatology of schizophrenia. 17850881

2008