Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE It exists as common high and low activity alleles in the population (determined by a valine 158 methionine polymorphisms), and high red blood cell activity of COMT has previously been associated with schizophrenia. 9323320

1997

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The results failed to show significant association between val158met polymorphism and schizophrenia, violence or suicide. 11150892

2001

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The findings provide independent support for the hypothesis that the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(158)Met polymorphism influences neurocognitive function in schizophrenia, and suggest that the functional effects may be expressed on measures of Processing Speed and Attention. 12372660

2002

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Executive subprocesses in working memory: relationship to catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype and schizophrenia. 12963670

2003

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated the relationship of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met and monoamine oxidase A promoter repeat polymorphism with response to conventional neuroleptic treatment in schizophrenia.Ninety-four schizophrenic patients formed 2 different study populations. 14520117

2003

dbSNP: rs165599
rs165599
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A recent study found, in a large sample of Ashkenazi Jews, a highly significant association between schizophrenia and a particular haplotype of three polymorphic sites in the catechol-O-methyl transferase, COMT, gene: an IVS 1 SNP (dbSNP rs737865), the exon 4 functional SNP (Val158Met, dbSNP rs165688), and a downstream SNP (dbSNP rs165599). 15098000

2004

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Increased catechol-O-methyltransferase activity associated with variation in catechol-O-methyltransferase valine158 methionine genotypes may result in reduced dopamine neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex and thus contribute to the poor performance of frontally mediated cognitive tasks and the occurrence of associated negative symptoms observed in patients with schizophrenia; however, reported associations between catechol-O-methyltransferase valine158 methionine genotypes and measures of cognition have not been consistent. 15450787

2004

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Assuming that the published associations found between the exon 4 Val158Met SNP and schizophrenia are due to linkage disequilibrium, these new haplotype data support the hypothesis of a relevant cis variant linked to the rs737865 site, possibly just upstream in the P2 promoter driving transcription of the predominant form of COMT in the brain. 15098000

2004

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Using a sample of sibling pairs discordant for psychosis, the authors attempted to replicate the findings of previous studies suggesting that the functional genetic polymorphism Val158Met in the catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene influences prefrontal cognitive function and increases the risk for schizophrenia. 15169701

2004

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Catechol O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism in schizophrenia: differential effects of Val and Met alleles on cognitive stability and flexibility. 14754787

2004

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The COMT Val158Met polymorphism did not appear to significantly affect susceptibility, symptomatology, global cognitive function and prognosis in Chinese patients with schizophrenia, but the possible association with AOO merits further investigation. 15118357

2004

dbSNP: rs737865
rs737865
0.090 GeneticVariation BEFREE Assuming that the published associations found between the exon 4 Val158Met SNP and schizophrenia are due to linkage disequilibrium, these new haplotype data support the hypothesis of a relevant cis variant linked to the rs737865 site, possibly just upstream in the P2 promoter driving transcription of the predominant form of COMT in the brain. 15098000

2004

dbSNP: rs165688
rs165688
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE A recent study found, in a large sample of Ashkenazi Jews, a highly significant association between schizophrenia and a particular haplotype of three polymorphic sites in the catechol-O-methyl transferase, COMT, gene: an IVS 1 SNP (dbSNP rs737865), the exon 4 functional SNP (Val158Met, dbSNP rs165688), and a downstream SNP (dbSNP rs165599). 15098000

2004

dbSNP: rs165599
rs165599
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE To assess the genetic contribution of other COMT variants to SZ susceptibility, we investigated three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs737865, rs4633, rs165599) in addition to the Val/Met variant (rs4680) in a highly selected sample of Australian Caucasian families containing 107 patients with SZ. 15505638

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Negative association between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene Val158Met polymorphism and persistent tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenia. 15583953

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE To assess the genetic contribution of other COMT variants to SZ susceptibility, we investigated three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs737865, rs4633, rs165599) in addition to the Val/Met variant (rs4680) in a highly selected sample of Australian Caucasian families containing 107 patients with SZ. 15505638

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Based on the pivotal role ascribed to the prefrontal executive control network for absorbed attention and positive symptoms in schizophrenia, it was further hypothesized that Absorption is associated with the VAL158MET polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene affecting the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system. 15965969

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE While it cannot be determined whether TBI influenced the association of COMT Val158Met to executive functioning, these data extend the known relationship of genotype to executive performance seen in healthy comparison subjects and individuals with schizophrenia to individuals with TBI. 16387984

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE These results do not support the hypothesis that the COMT Val158Met gene polymorphism is associated with liability to schizophrenia-OCD. 16043283

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism shared 6.6% of the executive/attention dysfunction variance in patients with schizophrenia and 15.6% of the motor impairment variance in patients with deficit schizophrenia. 16037677

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Catechol-O-methyl transferase Val158Met gene polymorphism in schizophrenia: working memory, frontal lobe MRI morphology and frontal cerebral blood flow. 15668720

2005

dbSNP: rs4680
rs4680
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Overall, this study does not support the hypothesis that the 158 Val/Met polymorphism in the COMT gene is associated with schizophrenia in Koreans. 16109444

2005

dbSNP: rs737865
rs737865
0.090 GeneticVariation BEFREE To assess the genetic contribution of other COMT variants to SZ susceptibility, we investigated three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs737865, rs4633, rs165599) in addition to the Val/Met variant (rs4680) in a highly selected sample of Australian Caucasian families containing 107 patients with SZ. 15505638

2005

dbSNP: rs6267
rs6267
0.040 GeneticVariation BEFREE Association of Ala72Ser polymorphism with COMT enzyme activity and the risk of schizophrenia in Koreans. 15645182

2005

dbSNP: rs165655
rs165655
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE The PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis was used to detect three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs165655 (A/G base change) and rs165815 (C/T base change) present in the ARVCF (armadillo repeat gene deletion in velocardiofacial syndrome) locus, and rs756656 (A/C base change) in the LOC128979 (expressed sequence tags, EST) locus, among 100 Chinese family trios consisting of fathers, mothers and affected offspring with schizophrenia. 15861775

2005