Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with neuroplasticity and activity of monoamine neurotransmitters, such as the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF, rs6265), the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4, rs25531), the tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1, rs1800532), the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A (HTR2A, rs6311, rs6313, rs7997012), and the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT, rs4680) genes, are associated with efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in major depression. 31721892

2019

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

2018

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The effects of 5-HTTLPR and BDNF Val66Met polymorphisms on neurostructural changes in major depressive disorder. 29414128

2018

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Val66Met polymorphism association with serum BDNF and inflammatory biomarkers in major depression. 28656803

2018

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Plasma BDNF Level in Major Depression: Biomarker of the Val66Met BDNF Polymorphism and of the Clinical Course in Met Carrier Patients. 28848102

2017

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Effects of polymorphisms of serotonin transporter promoter (5-HTTLPR) and brain derived neurotrophic factor gene (G196A rs6265) on the risk of major depressive disorder in the Chinese Han population. 27212180

2016

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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
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
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE This is a systematic meta-analytical review of findings from imaging genetic studies on the impact of the rs6265 SNP on hippocampal volumes in neuropsychiatric patients with major depressive disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. 25956254

2015

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The current study looked at a population of patients with major depressive disorder (N = 107) to examine the association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism, resting state EEG alpha power, and depression severity. 23733090

2013

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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
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
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We found no significant association of either the BDNF G196A or MTHFR C677T polymorphisms with major depressive disorder neither in female nor male group of patients. 23255668

2012

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated an association between the polymorphism of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene Val66Met and the response to mirtazapine in Japanese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). 22883353

2012

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE No effect of 5HTTLPR or BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on hippocampal morphology in major depression. 21692988

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Hippocampal volumes and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor val66met polymorphism in geriatric major depression. 21218562

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated the relationship between a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) polymorphism (Val66Met) and the clinical response of patients with major depressive disorder to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; here, paroxetine and sertraline). 21338649

2011

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Meta-analysis of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in major depressive disorder: effects of gender and ethnicity. 18852698

2010

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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
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
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE To conclude, we did not replicate the Val66Met effect on hippocampal volume in neither patients with major depression nor in healthy participants. 19668114

2009

dbSNP: rs6265
rs6265
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
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE To examine the effect of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on hippocampal and amygdala volumes in patients with major depression and in healthy control subjects. 17404118

2007