PTSDgene database

SNP Report

Basic Info
Name rs16969968 dbSNP Ensembl
Location 15:78590583 - 78590583(+)
Variant Seq A
Ancestral Allele G
Ref Seq G
Minor Allele Frequence 0.149561
Annotation downstream_gene_variant; missense_variant; non_coding_transcript_exon_variant; intron_variant; non_coding_transcript_variant
Variant Effect downstream_gene_variant(ENST00000559658, ENST00000348639, ENST00000559002, ENST00000326828); missense_variant(ENST00000299565); non_coding_transcript_exon_variant(ENST00000567141); intron_variant(ENST00000559554, ENST00000559576, ENST00000394802); non_coding_transcript_variant(ENST00000567141)
SIFT Annotation tolerated
SIFT Variant Effect tolerated(ENST00000299565)
PolyPhen Annotation benign
PolyPhen Variant Effect benign(ENST00000299565)
rSNP? Yes Link in rVarBase
Related Regulatory Elements n/a
Chromatin State Weak transcription;Strong transcription
No. of Marker's Association Results 1 (Positive: 0; Negative: 1; Trend: 0)
Source Literature

SNP related association results
Normal genetic study related association results (count: 1)
Reference Phenotype Statistical Values Author Comments Marker's Category
Kimbrel, N. A.,2015 PTSD Main genetic effects among NHB participants: P-value=0.0858...... Main genetic effects among NHB participants: P-value=0.0858, among the NHW participants: P-value=0.6153. More... No main genetic effects were statistically significant among...... No main genetic effects were statistically significant among NHB participants at the multiple testing threshold of 0.0007 (Table 2). This SNP was also not associated with PTSD among the NHW participants. More... Non-significant
G*E study related association result (count: 1)
Reference Phenotype Environment Statistical Values Author Comments Marker's Category
Kimbrel, N. A.,2015 PTSD Smoking status GxE interactions among NHB participants: P-value=0.4467, amo...... GxE interactions among NHB participants: P-value=0.4467, among the NHW participants: P-value=0.172. More... No GxE interactions were statistically significant among NHB...... No GxE interactions were statistically significant among NHB participants or among the NHW participants. More... Non-significant


SNP related genes (count: 2)
Approved Symbol Approved Name Location No. of Association Results (Positive/Negative/Trend)
CHRNA3 cholinergic receptor, nicotinic alpha 3 15q24 1(0/1/0)
CHRNA5 cholinergic receptor, nicotinic alpha 5 15q24 2(1/1/0)

SNPs in LD with rs16969968 (count: 30)
The LD data used here is based on 1000 Genome Phase I. LD SNP pairs were selected with a threshold r2<=0.8.

Literature-origin SNPs (count: 0)

LD-proxies (count: 30)


SNP related eQTL (count: 1)
Gene Symbol Gene Existed in PTSDgene? Tissue Trans/Cis Source
RP11-259G18.3 No Adipose Subcutaneous cis GTEx