Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A functional polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF Val66Met, is associated with risk for major depression alongside impairments in memory and selective attention. 18721847

2008

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A significant effect of the interaction of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and MDD on the fractional anisotropy values of the right uncinate fasciculus was observed. 29414128

2018

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Although not observed in younger adult cohorts, in older individuals the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism is associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) risk. 20195291

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Among the various candidate genes implicated in MDD, the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism and 5-HT transporter gene linked polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) have garnered the most attention due to their putative roles in neural plasticity and antidepressant response. 26976307

2016

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Association of BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism and Brain BDNF Levels with Major Depression and Suicide. 29432620

2018

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Brain derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism (Val66Met) and short-term antidepressant response in major depressive disorder. 20674983

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) polymorphisms G196A and C270T are not associated with response to electroconvulsive therapy in major depressive disorder. 17036259

2007

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism (Val66Met) and citalopram response in major depressive disorder. 16979146

2006

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Common genetic variants, such as the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val/66/Met polymorphism (rs6265), are known to interact with environmental factors such as early adversity to increase the risk of subsequent major depression. 22844024

2012

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE CRHR1 gene (rs1876828, rs242939 and rs242941) and BDNF gene (rs6265) were identified in the samples of patients diagnosed with recurrent MDD and matched controls. 22194899

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Further gene-gene interaction analyses showed a significant effect of a two-locus BDNF/GSK3B interaction with MDD (GSK3B rs6782799 and BDNF rs7124442) (corrected P = 0.011), and also for a three-locus interaction (GSK3B rs6782799, BDNF rs6265 and BDNF rs7124442) (corrected P = 0.019). 20033742

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Haplotype analysis of marker combination rs988748-(GT)n-rs6265 produced nominally significant associations for all investigated phenotypes (global p values: MDD p = .00006, BPAD p = .0057, schizophrenia p = .016). 16005437

2005

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE In the current study, we examined BDNF polymorphisms (G-712A, C270T and Val66Met) in 202 patients with MD and 323 patients with schizophrenia. 21129438

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Meta-analysis of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism association with treatment response in patients with major depressive disorder. 20167454

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Modulatory effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism on prefrontal regions in major depressive disorder. 25745134

2015

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Moreover, there was no significant difference in normalized HCV between 5HTTLPR diallelic and triallelic classifications or between the BDNF Val66Met</span> genotypes in MDD patients, although there was a relationship between BDNF Val66Met and ICV. 21692988

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE None of the eight SNPs, including the rs6265, were significantly associated with MDD after permutation correction. 21188787

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our findings support the association of BDNF single nucleotide polymorphism rs6265 and depression, suggesting that this polymorphism may increase susceptibility to major depression in Mexican-Americans. 17632285

2007

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our results do not support the hypothesis that the Val66Met promoter polymorphism in the BDNF gene influences the therapeutic response to mirtazapine in Korean MDD patients. 19493959

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our results suggest that allelic variations in the rs6265 gene lead to specific neural correlates of MDD which may be associated with different mechanisms of MDD in the two allelic groups. 26117067

2015

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our results suggest that the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is of greater importance in the development of MDD in men than in women. 18852698

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our results suggested that 5-HTTLPR, may be associated with the susceptibility of MDD in an overdominant mode, and there may be a significant interaction between 5-HTTLPR and BDNF (rs6265) polymorphisms in relation to MDD. 27212180

2016

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our study aimed to clarify whether, in the presence of previous childhood maltreatment, individuals carrying low functional alleles for both SERT 5-HTTLPR and BDNF Val66Met polymorphisms had a higher risk for MD. 25510949

2015

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Recent meta-analyses point towards a pathogenic role of the Val66Met variant of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in major depressive disorder, specifically in males. 22033217

2012

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
CUI: C1269683
Disease: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Reduced fractional anisotropy in the uncinate fasciculus in patients with major depression carrying the met-allele of the Val66Met brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotype. 22585743

2012