MTHFR, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, 4524

N. diseases: 985; N. variants: 137
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our data suggest associations of the MTHFR gene variant with schizophrenia and depression in the Japanese. 9342205 1997
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Arinami et al found an increased frequency of homozygosity for the mutated type (T677) of the MTHFR gene in schizophrenia and depression. 9774778 1998
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Patients with late-onset depression had a higher prevalence of the homozygous or heterozygous forms of the C677T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme (MTHFR)(74% v. 48% in patients with early-onset disorders, P < 0.05). 11722155 2001
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Forty-seven persons with depression (mean age=51.8 years, SD=12.4) and 20 healthy volunteers (mean age=56.1 years, SD=9.8) underwent clinical assessments, a neuropsychological test of psychomotor speed (part A of the Trail Making Test), high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging scans, and genotyping for the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele and a mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme. 12450963 2002
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Overall, hyperhomocysteinemia (plasma total homocysteine level > or =15.0 micro mol/L [> or =2.02 mg/dL]) (odds ratio, 1.90; 95% confidence interval, 1.11-3.25) and T/T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype (odds ratio, 1.69; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-2.62), but not low plasma folate or vitamin B12 levels, were significantly related to depression without comorbid anxiety disorder. 12796225 2003
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genetic polymorphisms and psychiatric disorders: a HuGE review. 17074966 2007
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Odds ratio (OR) for women with depression and MTHFR TT genotype was 3.478 (95% CI=1.377-8.783), P=0.0096 and OR of the TT and CT genotypes was 2.345 (95% CI=1.258-4.373), P=0.0086. 18801628 2008
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The triangular association between the MTHFR genotype, tHcy, and depression implies that higher concentrations of tHcy increase the risk of depression and that lowering tHcy by 0.19 mg/L could reduce the odds of depression by about 20%. 18981340 2008
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE No association with the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and major depressive disorder: results of the depression case control (DeCC) study and a meta-analysis. 18165972 2008
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE MTHFR TT genotype was more prevalent in AD patients with milder alcohol dependence (Babor type A) and with Lesch type 3, associated with depression. 19650814 2009
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For the MTHFR genotypes, the association between the number of somatic disorders and depression was significant in T/T homozygotes (chi2 = 4.97, p = .026) but not in C/T heterozygotes (chi2 = 1.24, p = .265) or C/C homozygotes (chi2 = 1.04, p = .307). 19251870 2009
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association analysis of the COMT/MTHFR genes and geriatric depression: an MRI study of the putamen. 19235787 2009
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Stepwise multiple regression was used to determine the best statistical model to predict depression; C677T-MTHFR (p=0.0103) was found to be positively associated with depression, while the thiol dipeptide Cys-Gly was negatively associated (p=0.0403). 21125200 2010
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found that genotype Met/Met of the Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene was positively associated with depressive disorder (P < 0.05), but we were not able to find any significant associations of both the depressive disorder and metabolic syndrome with the remaining polymorphisms studied (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677CT, methylenetet rahydrofolate reductase 1298AC, endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu298Asp, and tyrosine hydroxylase). 20163778 2010
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE MTHFR C677T is associated with MA in individuals selected for depression study. 21635773 2011
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our findings suggest that MTHFR C677T polymorphism may be linked more to loneliness than depression in the cognitively normal elderly males, and may be implicated in the pathophysiology of late-life depression in relation to MTHFR genes. 22668858 2012
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However, we did find evidence to suggest that folic acid supplements during pregnancy protected against depression 21 months postpartum, and that this effect was more pronounced in those with the MTHFR C677T TT genotype (change in depression score from 8 months to 21 months postpartum among TT individuals was 0.66 (95% CI=0.31-1.01) among those not taking supplements, compared with -1.02 (95% CI=-2.22-0.18) among those taking supplements at 18 weeks pregnancy, P(difference)=0.01). 21772318 2012
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No statistically significant difference was observed when global DNA methylation were stratified according to C677T MTHFR genotypes (p = 0.7200), BMI (p = 0.1170), smoking habit (p = 0.4382), physical activity in daily life (p = 0.8492), scored cognitive function (p = 0.7229) or depression state (p = 0.8301). 23285094 2012
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The current study did not find evidence of an association between the MTHFR C677T TT genotype and impaired cognition or depression in a population with adequate folate status and a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and depression. 22739363 2012
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interaction between the MTHFR C677T polymorphism and traumatic childhood events predicts depression. 23900311 2013
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A common C677T polymorphism in MTHFR has been associated with an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression in adults, and of neural tube defects in the fetus. 23116396 2013
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET A common C677T polymorphism in MTHFR has been associated with an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression in adults, and of neural tube defects in the fetus. 23116396 2013
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Homocysteine and MTHFR C677T polymorphism in children and adolescents with psychotic and mood disorders. 23586533 2014
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Significance of dietary folate intake, homocysteine levels and MTHFR 677 C>T genotyping in South African patients diagnosed with depression: test development for clinical application. 24532086 2014
CUI: C0011581
Disease: Depressive disorder
Depressive disorder
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we aimed to examine whether the COMT-MTHFR genotype interacted with cognitive function in late-onset depression (LOD) patients and COMT Val/Val homozygous individuals who also carried the MTHFR T allele and had poor neuropsychological test performance. 24373005 2014