SLC6A4, solute carrier family 6 member 4, 6532

N. diseases: 440; N. variants: 28
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Fluvoxamine efficacy in delusional depression seems to be related to allelic variation within the promoter of the 5-HTT gene. 9857976 1998
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A polymorphism in the promoter region of the gene (SLC6A4) encoding this protein, was recently reported to affect protein expression and to be associated with measures of anxiety and depression and with autism (using a family-controlled transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) design). 9672904 1998
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our tentative association findings in dissocial alcoholics suggest that the S allele of the 5' regulatory SLC6A4 polymorphism confers susceptibility to a temperamental profile of high novelty seeking and low harm avoidance that has been postulated to underlie dissocial (type-2) alcoholism according to Cloninger's neurogenetic theory of personality. 9627746 1998
CUI: C0003469
Disease: Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE In the present study we replicated the relationship of SLC6A4*C to anxiety by sibpair linkage analysis but found no evidence of association, raising the question of whether SLC6A4*C locus is itself affecting anxiety or is linked to another still unknown functional variant. 9783565 1998
CUI: C0003469
Disease: Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE A polymorphism in the promoter region of the gene (SLC6A4) encoding this protein, was recently reported to affect protein expression and to be associated with measures of anxiety and depression and with autism (using a family-controlled transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) design). 9672904 1998
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE By affected-sib-pair analysis and the transmission/disequilibrium test, we found no significant linkage or association of 5-HTT to bipolar disorder. 9514585 1998
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have analyzed 86 unrelated patients (47 with bipolar disorder and 39 with schizophrenia) and 98 normal controls from the Brazilian population for the 5-HTTLPR. 9603609 1998
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results suggest that the genetic variability of the 5-HTT gene is not a major risk factor for manic depression. 9611675 1998
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The present study analysed this variation and another variation in the SERT gene and nearby DNA markers in order to test for linkage between SERT and bipolar affective disorder in two Danish families. 9543202 1998
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Allelic association case-control analysis of a deletion/insertion polymorphism in the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has suggested associations with unipolar disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. 9848084 1998
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Fluvoxamine efficacy in delusional depression seems to be related to allelic variation within the promoter of the 5-HTT gene. 9857976 1998
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Seasonal variations in mood and behavior (seasonality) and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) have been attributed to seasonal fluctuations in brain serotonin (5-HT). the short (s), as opposed to the long (l), allele of the 5-HT transporter linked polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) has been associated with neuroticism and depression. 9577843 1998
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A polymorphism in the promoter region of the gene (SLC6A4) encoding this protein, was recently reported to affect protein expression and to be associated with measures of anxiety and depression and with autism (using a family-controlled transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) design). 9672904 1998
CUI: C0028768
Disease: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These data provide preliminary support for association and linkage disequilibrium between the SLC6A4 'l' allele and OCD. 9672904 1998
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, variability in the SERT gene was analyzed for the first time in a sample of patients with major depression with melancholia (MDDM) in the context of a genetic association study. 9799087 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE A polymorphism in the 5'-flanking regulatory region of the 5-HTT gene that results in allelic variation of 5-HTT expression is associated with anxiety-related personality traits and may influence the risk of developing affective disorders. 9693390 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE Taken together, our data suggest that the 5-HTT gene is not commonly involved in the susceptibility to mood disorders. 9514579 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE To explore the involvement of serotonin transporter (5HTT) in mood disorder, we studied two polymorphisms of the 5HTT gene (a variable number of tandem repeats in the second intron (VNTR) and a 44 bp insertion/deletion in the 5HTT linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR)) in a sample of unipolar and bipolar patients and controls. 9832193 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE There is some evidence suggesting that a polymorphism of variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in the second intron of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and another variation which lies 1.2 kb upstream of the promoter of the gene (5-HTTLPR) are associated with affective disorders. 9399688 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE There was no evidence that variants in the SERT gene were a stronger dominant disease gene for the development of affective disorder in the families. 9543202 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Functional polymorphism in the serotonin transporter promoter at the SLC6A4 locus and mood disorders. 9787878 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The serotonin transporter (SERT) gene is a particularly interesting candidate for genetic involvement in affective disorders owing to its role in both the regulation of serotonergic neurotransmission and the mechanism of action of many antidepressant drugs. 9799087 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE (1996) found that the frequency of the low-activity short variant (s) of the 5-HTT-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) was higher among patients with affective disorders than in normal controls. 9603609 1998
CUI: C0525045
Disease: Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE Interactions with antidepressants, as well as other biochemical evidence, implicate the serotonin transporter 5-HTT in the etiology of affective disorders. 9514585 1998
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, variability in the SERT gene was analyzed for the first time in a sample of patients with major depression with melancholia (MDDM) in the context of a genetic association study. 9799087 1998