rs933271

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.

This association study examines COMT polymorphisms and cocaine-induced paranoia (CIP) in European-American and African-American populations. The nonsynonymous Val158Met variant (rs4680) and three additional SNPs (rs933271, rs5993883, rs740603) were identified as potentially functional. Family-based and case-control analyses revealed significant haplotype associations with CIP, particularly haplotype A-A-T in both European-American families and unrelated African-American individuals, supporting COMT's role in dopamine/norepinephrine metabolism affecting cocaine-induced psychiatric symptoms.

A Hungarian doctoral dissertation examining psychogenetic endophenotypes through multiple candidate gene association studies. Investigated dopaminergic and serotonergic polymorphisms (DRD2, DRD4, COMT, GDNF, HTR1A, HTR1B, SLC6A4) in relation to personality dimensions (impulsivity, anxiety, depression), flow susceptibility, hypnotizability, cognitive reaction time, and longevity. Key findings include associations between GDNF rs3812047 and rs3096140 with anxiety measures (p=0.0007, p=0.0014), COMT Val158Met with hypnotizability, and DRD4 VNTR 7-repeat with reaction time.

This Hungarian dissertation examined psychogenetic endophenotypes in healthy young adults (N~1800+), investigating associations between dopaminergic and serotonergic genetic polymorphisms and psychological traits including impulsivity, mood dimensions, flow susceptibility, hypnotizability, and cognitive performance. Key findings included significant associations between DRD4 VNTR 7-repeat allele and lower impulsivity (p=0.006), COMT Val/Met (rs4680) and impulse control (p=0.047), HTR1B 1997 AG (rs13212041) and impulsivity (p=0.003-0.004), GDNF variants and anxiety, and notably, a population frequency increase in DRD4 7-repeat allele carriers with advancing age suggesting possible survival advantage.

This population-based study of 4,470 breast cancer cases from the SEARCH cohort examined associations between germline polymorphisms in 6 steroid hormone metabolism genes (COMT, CYP19A1, ESR1, PGR, SULT1E1, STS) and survival after breast cancer diagnosis. A COMT polymorphism (rs4818) showed significant association with survival in a dominant model (HR=0.80, 95% CI: 0.69-0.95, p=0.009), though this was only marginally significant after permutation adjustment (p=0.047). No significant associations were found in the other genes studied.

This case-control association study of 650 German migraine with aura (MA) patients and 650 controls tested 53 variants across 10 dopaminergic system genes. Three SNPs in the dopamine-beta hydroxylase (DBH), dopamine transporter (SLC6A3), and dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) genes showed significant associations with MA. After gene-wide correction, rs2097629 in DBH (OR=0.77, p=0.0012) and rs40184 in SLC6A3 (OR=0.81, p=0.0082) remained significant, with supporting evidence from 2,937 British controls. These findings provide genetic evidence for dopaminergic system involvement in MA pathogenesis.