Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE There was evidence of association to alcohol dependence for seven adjacent markers spanning 98,000 bp in the middle and 3'-portion of the GABRA2 gene (range of P-values = 0.008-0.03). 15274050 2004
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Based on a haplotypic association of alcohol dependence with GABRA2, we investigated whether GABRA2 alleles are associated with the subjective responses to clamped alcohol concentration. 21118274 2011
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Variants in GABRA2 have been associated with adult alcohol dependence as well as phenotypic precursors, including impulsiveness and externalizing behaviors. 24975023 2014
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE (d) Examination of family-based samples has identified several genes including GABRA2 and CHRM2 thought to be associated with alcohol dependence. 16612210 2006
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genotyping of the 3 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the GABRA2 gene (rs567926, rs279858 and rs9291283) was performed in patients with alcohol dependence (N=654) and healthy control subjects (N=574). 26116794 2015
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE We find no evidence of a relationship between GABRA2 and alcohol dependence. 17690794 2007
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we stratified subjects who had participated in an fMRI study of alcohol cue responses according to their genotype at a SNP in GABRA2 (rs279871) shown to be associated with alcohol dependence (Edenberg et al., 2004). 20698837 2010
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Linkage studies of alcoholism have implicated several chromosome regions, leading to the successful identification of susceptibility genes, including ADH4 and GABRA2 on chromosome 4. 24692236 2014
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The region of strongest association with alcohol dependence extended from intron 3 past the 3' end of GABRA2; all 43 of the consecutive three-SNP haplotypes in this region of GABRA2 were highly significant. 15024690 2004
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Non-coding variations in GABRA2, the gene encoding the alpha2 subunit, are associated with the risk for alcoholism, suggesting that regulatory differences are important. 15950776 2005
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Cerebellum volume in high-risk offspring from multiplex alcohol dependence families: association with allelic variation in GABRA2 and BDNF. 22047728 2011
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Variation in the GABA(A) α2 receptor subunit gene (GABRA2) has been associated with alcohol dependence (AD). 22501025 2013
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE GABRG1 and GABRA2 as independent predictors for alcoholism in two populations. 18818659 2009
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The current study examined the influence of gender, negative and positive daily life events, and GABRA2 genotype (SNP rs279871) on alcohol dependence, testing two- and three-way interactions between these variables using multi-level regression models fit to data from 2,281 White participants in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. 23974430 2013
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The GABRA2 locus has been found to be associated with alcohol dependence in several studies, but no functional variant that can account for this association has been identified. 17976953 2008
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conclude that genetic variation at or near the GABRA2 locus significantly affects vulnerability not only to AD, but to other forms of substance use including ND and CD, and that the effects may be sex dependent. 19672139 2009
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE In addition, a gene encoding one of the receptors for the neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) known as GABRA2 seems to have a role in the development of alcohol dependence. 23134043 2012
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results demonstrated that GABRA2--originally associated with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence in adults--also predicted the onset of symptoms among subjects in their 20s, confirmed specific hypotheses about three other predictors in the fi nal model, and suggested the utility of incorporating biological and nonbiological predictors to optimally predict young adult alcohol problems. 18781239 2008
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease CTD_human GABAergic gene expression in postmortem hippocampus from alcoholics and cocaine addicts; corresponding findings in alcohol-naïve P and NP rats. 22253714 2012
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE First, we tested whether a single nucleotide polymorphism within GABRA2 gene, which encodes a subunit of the GABA(A) receptor, and that has been associated with AD, influences 'extreme' alcohol intake and second, the efficacy of three psychotherapies for alcoholism in treating extreme drinking behavior. 20225194 2010
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 Biomarker disease PSYGENET In this study, we test for genetic effects of GABRA2, a gene previously associated with alcohol dependence, on trajectories of drunkenness from age 14 to 25. 23692184 2014
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Impulsiveness and insula activation during reward anticipation are associated with genetic variants in GABRA2 in a family sample enriched for alcoholism. 21483437 2012
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Six SNPs were located in a GABRA2 haplotype block previously associated with alcohol dependence (AD) in the US population. 15834213 2005
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No evidence of an association was found at the allele, genotype, haplotype, or diplotype levels between the 3'-GABRA2 polymorphisms investigated and alcoholism in 149 Italian alcoholics (98 alcohol dependents and 51 alcohol abusers) and 278 controls. 20102561 2010
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Multiple reports have identified variation in the GABRA2 gene as contributing to the genetic susceptibility to alcohol dependence. 18361719 2008