Normal allele: GG
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor risk allele in CHRNA5 causes a higher risk of nicotine dependence, lung cancer, but a lower risk of cocaine dependence.
Polymorphism rs16969968 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
18165968 Identification of pharmacogenetic markers in smoking cessation therapy
18227835 Alpha-5/alpha-3 nicotinic receptor subunit alleles increase risk for heavy smoking
18385739 A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease
18519132 A risk allele for nicotine dependence in CHRNA5 is a protective allele for cocaine dependence
18519524 Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence
18759969 In search of causal variants: refining disease association signals using cross-population contrasts
18780872 Familial aggregation of common sequence variants on 15q24-25.1 in lung cancer
18978134 Lung cancer gene associated with COPD: triple whammy or possible confounding effect?
19029397 Nicotinic receptor gene variants influence susceptibility to heavy smoking
19064933 Chromosome 15q25.1 genetic markers associated with level of response to alcohol in humans
19184766 A testable prognostic model of nicotine dependence
19238175 New insights into the genetics of addiction
19247474 Genome-wide and candidate gene association study of cigarette smoking behaviors
19390575 Lung cancer susceptibility model based on age, family history and genetic variants
19492010 The genetic components of alcohol and nicotine co-addiction: from genes to behavior
19596527 Nicotine dependence and genetic variation in the nicotinic receptors
19760673 Association of CHRN genes with "dizziness" to tobacco
20022891 The evolving discipline of molecular epidemiology of cancer
20056643 A rigorous and comprehensive validation: common genetic variations and lung cancer
20159342 Genetics of addictions
20395203 A second genetic variant on chromosome 15q24-25.1 associates with lung cancer
20418889 Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity
20418890 Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior
20581870 From smoking to lung cancer: the CHRNA5/A3/B4 connection
20587604 Fine mapping of chromosome 15q25.1 lung cancer susceptibility in African-Americans
20643934 A genetically modulated, intrinsic cingulate circuit supports human nicotine addiction
20691427 Genetic associations of brain structural networks in schizophrenia: a preliminary study
20808433 Associations of variants in CHRNA5/A3/B4 gene cluster with smoking behaviors in a Korean population
20832656 Genetics of addictions
20981002 Breaking barriers in the genomics and pharmacogenetics of drug addiction
21191315 Genetic association of bipolar disorder with the β(3) nicotinic receptor subunit gene
21228559 A preliminary study of the CHRNA3-CHRNA5-CHRNB4 cluster, smoking and Parkinson's disease.
21229299 Chromosome 15q24-25.1 variants, diet, and lung cancer susceptibility in cigarette smokers
21335511 A sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and upper aerodigestive tract cancers
21338875 Genetic vulnerability and susceptibility to substance dependence
21418140 A CHRNA5 allele related to nicotine addiction and schizophrenia
21430647 The galanin receptor 1 gene associates with tobacco craving in smokers seeking cessation treatment
21436384 Genetic variability of smoking persistence in African Americans
21440309 Association of FKBP5, COMT and CHRNA5 polymorphisms with PTSD among outpatients at risk for PTSD
21500120 Lung cancer in never smokers
21559498 Chromosome 15q25 (CHRNA3-CHRNA5) variation impacts indirectly on lung cancer risk
21593077 Genetic variation at CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 interacts with smoking status to influence body mass index
21606948 Varenicline for smoking cessation: nausea severity and variation in nicotinic receptor genes
21618602 Detecting genetic interactions for quantitative traits with U-statistics
21685187 Genome-wide association study of smoking behaviours in patients with COPD
21686075 The Role of Genetics in Nicotine Dependence: Mapping the Pathways from Genome to Syndrome
21690317 CHRNA3 rs1051730 genotype and short-term smoking cessation
21697764 Susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1 is not associated with risk of pancreatic cancer