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 Biomarker disease BEFREE We test associations between 5-HTTLPR and (1) behavioral traits and (2) clinical diagnoses of anxiety and depression. 28391138 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The findings indicate that ELBW/SGAs carrying the 5-HTTLPR short allele reported increased internalizing problems, particularly depression, during the third and fourth decades of life. 27416920 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE As impaired serotonergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission is implicated in the pathogenesis of depression and schizophrenia this study sought to investigate the putative association between several functional gene polymorphisms (SERT 5-HTTLPR, MAO-A VNTR, COMT Val158Met and DAT VNTR) and schizophrenia. 28416295 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE In the present study, the number of 5-HT- and TPH-positive cells, and expression of 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> and 5-HTT protein decreased in dorsal raphe, and depression and anxiety like behavior increased in HFD group compared with the CON group. 28142069 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings indicate that 5-HTTLPR genetic variability appears to influence the association between stress-related factors and late-life depression, although the gene-environment interactions failed to reach statistical significance levels. 28024274 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) is a key feature of the serotonin system, which is involved in behavior, cognition and personality and implicated in neuropsychiatric illnesses including depression. 28195567 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings may explain some of the 'null' findings regarding the link between the 5-HTTLPR and depression in the wider literature by arguing for an interaction between these two factors in the association between major stress and depression. 28774788 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE One reason for this inconsistency might be the fact that the interaction of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism with stress may relate not to depression per se, but rather to adaptive or maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. 28901577 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Seven studies were identified by the systematic review, with complete data sets of five community (n = 1750, 64.5% female) and two clinical (n = 426, 100% female) samples combined to perform four secondary-data analyses: 5-HTTLPR x Traumatic Life Events to predict ED status (n = 909), 5-HTTLPR x Sexual and Physical Abuse to predict bulimic symptoms (n = 1097), 5-HTTLPR x Depression to predict bulimic symptoms (n = 1256), and 5-HTTLPR x Impulsiveness to predict disordered eating (n = 1149). 27701012 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association between serotonin transporter polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR) and the MADRS Dysphoria, Retardation, and Vegetative Subscale scores in the treatment of depression. 28652746 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE An interaction between FA in the right uncinate fasciculus and 5-HTTLPR also predicted percent change in depression severity [F(5, 25) = 5.315, p = 0.002]. 27277475 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Individuals with s/s genotype of serotonin transporter gene-linked promotor region (5-HTTLPR), which appear with a high frequency in Japanese, exhibit more diagnosable depression in relation to stressful life events than those with the s/l or l/l genotype. 28638109 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Prenatal maternal depression and child serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) genotype predict negative emotionality from 3 to 36 months. 27427178 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Most studies showed BDNF and NR3C1 gene methylation levels were correlated with depression while the connection of SLC6A4 and depression was conflicting. 28645747 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In line with this, mice with varying 5-HTT genotypes are invaluable tools to study depression- and anxiety-like behaviours as well as the mechanisms mediating potential therapeutics. 28629963 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE The serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) methylation was similarly affected in stress, depression and burnout. 27998510 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Gender-specific association between serotonin transporter polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR and rs25531) and neuroticism, anxiety and depression in well-defined healthy Han Chinese. 27788383 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) S allele is linked to pathogenesis of depression and slower response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs); depression and SSRIs are independently associated with bone loss. 28892067 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Using functional MRI, we investigated whether and how the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), which has been associated with mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, moderates the associations between a cultural trait (i.e., interdependence) and self-report of death anxiety/depression and between interdependence and brain responses to mortality threats. 28921740 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Specifically, adult restoration of serotonin 4 receptor (5-HT<sub>4</sub>R) expression in the mPFC rescues hypophagia and specific molecular changes related to depression resistance in the DR (5-HT release elevation, 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor, and 5-HT transporter reductions) of stressed 5-HT<sub>4</sub>R knockout mice. 29069597 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, inhibition of SERT is a potent strategy for the treatment of related diseases such as depression. 28499269 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE 5-HTTLPR moderates the association between attention away from angry faces and prospective depression among youth. 28325682 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) regulates serotonin homeostasis and has been used as a target for different drugs in depression treatment. 28756191 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Given the high prevalence of depression in chronic pain, the primary aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the associations between the 5-HTTLPR and the severity of depressive symptoms in a cohort of adults with chronic pain. 28533695 2017
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE While SLC6A4 hypermethylation has typically been described to be independently associated with both early life stress and depressive disorders, only a few papers address whether methylation could mediate the interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR in predicting psychopathological risk. 27880876 2017