rs925946

This is a Turkish-language personalized nutrigenetics and epigenetics coaching report for individual Mehmet Efe Yildirim (Report No. 1332, dated 2023-11-21). The report analyzes the individual's genetic polymorphisms related to nutritional metabolism, food sensitivities, detoxification pathways, and other health-related traits, providing personalized dietary and lifestyle recommendations based on cited scientific literature. This is a direct-to-consumer genetic test report, not a peer-reviewed research study.

A literature review of 70 studies examining single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with obesity in Mexican populations published 2011-2021. The authors identified SNPs with differential behavior in Mexican compared to Caucasian populations, including rs17782313 (MC4R), rs6548238 (TMEM18), rs6265 (BDNF), rs7498665 (SH2B1), and notably rs6232 (PCSK1) associated with early-onset obesity in Mexican youth. The review emphasizes ethnicity-dependent genetic effects on BMI heritability (40-70%) and highlights genes involved in cholesterol metabolism and adipokine signaling pathways.

Meta-analysis of 28 studies (range 38-7,173 participants) found no significant association between BDNF genetic variants and major depressive disorder. Val66Met (rs6265) showed OR=0.96 (95% CI: 0.89-1.05; P=0.402), and gene-based analysis of 17 total BDNF SNPs indicated no cumulative association with MDD (all P>0.21).

A hospital-based case-control study in rural and urban India (1,204 cases; 1,212 controls) examined genetic and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer. Four SNPs in FGFR2 (rs1219648, rs2420946, rs2981575, rs2981582) showed positive associations with breast cancer (ORs 1.32-1.47). Additional SNPs in obesity and metabolic genes (rs374748 in FBN2, rs2922763 in HNF4G, rs2116830 in KCNMA1, rs11121832 in MTHFR, rs16886165 in MAP3K1, rs11594610 in TCF7L2, rs2274459 in MLN) were associated with increased breast cancer risk. Waist-to-hip ratio ≥0.95 showed strong association (OR 3.78; 95% CI 2.92-4.89), and women living first 20 years in rural areas showed protective effect (OR 0.77).

Genome-wide association study examining common variants near BDNF (rs6265, rs925946) and SH2B1 (rs7498665) in relation to snacking behavior across three European cohorts (French obese children, Swiss obese, D.E.S.I.R.). The study reports nominal evidence of association, with rs925946 in BDNF showing OR=1.21 (p=5.03×10⁻³) in the D.E.S.I.R. cohort and rs7498665 in SH2B1 showing OR=1.17 (p=9.57×10⁻³) in the Swiss cohort.

This study tests the thrifty genotype hypothesis by examining 17 confirmed type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci and 13 obesity-susceptibility loci for signatures of positive selection. Using ancestral/derived allele analysis, integrated haplotype scores (iHS), and population differentiation (FST), the authors found limited evidence supporting the thrifty genotype hypothesis. Only rs7901695 at TCF7L2 showed notably elevated FST values (0.579 between JPT+CHB and YRI populations), and FTO showed the strongest selection signal among obesity loci (iHS=1.991).