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. 2009 Nov 4;35(3):702–719. doi: 10.1038/npp.2009.178

Table 1. Genes Associated with Smoking-Related Behaviors.

Gene symbol Gene name Reference Category
A2BP1 Ataxin 2-binding protein 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
AKAP13 A kinase anchor protein 13 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
ARRB2 Arrestin, beta, 2 Ray et al (2007a) Cessation
ATP9A Adenosine triphosphatase class II, type 9A Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
BNC2 Basonuclin 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CACNA2D3 Voltage-dependent calcium channel 32/3 subunit 3 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CACNB2 Voltage-dependent calcium channel 32 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CCDC73 Coiled-coil domain containing 73 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CDH13 Cadherin 13 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CHN2 Chimerin 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CHRNB2 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 2 Conti et al (2008) Cessation
CLSTN2 Calsyntenin 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
COMT Catechol-O-methyltransferase Berrettini et al (2007); Colilla et al (2005); Han et al (2008); Johnstone et al (2007) Cessation
CREB5 cAMP responsive element-binding protein 5 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CSMD1 Cub and Sushi multiple domains 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CTNNA2 Catenin, alpha-2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
CYP2A6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IIA, polypeptide 6 Kubota et al (2006); Ozaki et al (2006) Cessation
CYP2B6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IIB, polypeptide 6 David et al (2007a); Lee et al (2007) Cessation
DAB1 Disabled homolog 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
DAPK1 Death-associated protein kinase 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
DBH Dopamine beta hydroxylase Johnstone et al (2004) Cessation
DRD2 Dopamine D2 receptor David et al (2007a); Johnstone et al (2004); Lerman et al (2006); Morton et al (2006); Park et al (2005); Robinson et al (2007); Swan et al (2005); Yudkin et al (2004) Cessation
DRD4 Dopamine D4 receptor David et al (2008b) Cessation
DSCAM Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
DSCAML1 Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule like 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
ERC2 ELKS/RAB6-interacting/CAST family member 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
ERG V-ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene-like Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
FGF12 Fibroblast growth factor 12 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
FLJ42220 FLJ42220 protein Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
FREQ Frequenin, drosophila, homolog of Dahl et al (2006) Cessation
GALNT17 Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 17 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
GLIS3 GLI-similar family zinc finger 3 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
GRIK1 Inotropic glutamate receptor kainate 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
GRIK2 Inotropic glutamate receptor kainate 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
GRIN2A Inotropic glutamate receptor N-methyl -aspartate 2A Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
HINT1 Histidine triad nucleotide-binding protein 1 Ray et al (2007a) Cessation
ITPR2 Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
KCNIP4 Kv channel-interacting protein 4 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
KCNK2 K-type potassium channel 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
KIAA1026 Kazrin Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
LAMA1 Laminin 31 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
LARGE Like-glycosyltransferase Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
LEPREL1 Leprecan-like 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
LYZL1 Lysozyme-like 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
MAGI1 Membrane-associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
MTUS1 Mitochondrial tumor suppressor 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
MYO18B Myosin XVIIIB Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
NEK11 NIMA (never in mitosis gene a)-related kinase 11 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
NELL1 NEL-like 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
NRXN3 Neurexin 3 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
OPRM1 Opioid receptor, mu-1 Lerman et al (2004); Munafo et al (2007); Ray et al (2007a) Cessation
PARD3 Partitioning defective 3 homolog Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PARK2 Parkin Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PCDH15 Protocadherin 15 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PEBP4 Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 4 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PPP2R2B Protein phosphatase 2 regulatory subunit B, beta Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PRKG1 cGMP-dependent protein kinase I Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PTPRD Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase D Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PTPRN2 Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase N2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
PTPRT Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase T Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
RBM19 RNA-binding motif protein 19 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
SGCZ Sarcoglycan zeta Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
SLC1A2 Solute carrier family 1 high-affinity glutamate transporter 2 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
SLC6A3 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, dopamine), member 3 Han et al (2008); O'Gara et al (2007); Stapleton et al (2007) Cessation
SORCS1 Sortilin-related VPS10 domain containing receptor 1 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
SOX5 SRY box 5 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
ST6GALNAC3 ST6 (3-N-acetyl-neuraminyl-2,3-3-galactosyl-1,3)- N-acetylgalactosaminide 3-2,6-sialyltransferase 3 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
SUPT3H Suppressor of Ty 3 homolog Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
TEK TEK receptor tyrosine kinase Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
THSD4 Thrombospondin type I domain containing 4 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
TNIK TRAF2 and NCK-interacting kinase Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
TRIO Triple functional domain/PTPRF-interacting protein Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
UNC13C Unc13 homolog C Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
USH2A Usher syndrome 2A Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
ZNF423 Zinc finger protein 423 Uhl et al (2008) Cessation
A2BP1 Ataxin 2-binding protein 1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
ABCC4 Atp-binding cassette, subfamily c, member 4 Uhl et al (2007) ND
ACTN2 Actinin, alpha-2 Uhl et al (2007) ND
ADRA2A Alpha-2a-adrenergic receptor Prestes et al (2007) ND
ANKK1 Ankyrin repeat and kinase domain containing 1 Gelernter et al (2006); Huang et al (2009); O'Gara et al (2008); Radwan et al (2007) ND
ARRB1 Arrestin, beta, 1 Sun et al (2008) ND
ARRB2 Arrestin, beta, 2 Sun et al (2008) ND
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Beuten et al (2005b); Lang et al (2007) ND
CCK Cholecystokinin Comings et al (2001); Takimoto et al (2005) ND
CD14 Monocyte differentiation antigen CD14 Hubacek et al (2002) ND
CDH13 Cadherin 13 Uhl et al (2007) ND
CHRM1 Cholinergic receptor, muscarinic, 1 Lou et al (2006) ND
CHRM5 Cholinergic receptor, muscarinic, 5 Anney et al (2007) ND
CHRNA3 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 3 Berrettini et al (2008); Saccone et al (2007) ND
CHRNA4 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 4 Feng et al (2004); Li et al (2005) ND
CHRNA5 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 5 Berrettini et al (2008); Bierut et al (2007); Saccone et al (2007) ND
CHRNA7 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 De Luca et al (2004) ND
CHRNB1 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 1 Lou et al (2006) ND
CHRNB2 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 2 Ehringer et al (2007) ND
CHRNB3 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 3 Bierut et al (2007); Saccone et al (2007) ND
CLCA1 Chloride channel, calcium-activated, 1 Bierut et al (2007) ND
CNR1 Cannabinoid receptor 1 Chen et al (2008) ND
CNTN6 Contactin 6 Uhl et al (2007) ND
COMT Catechol-O-methyltransferase Beuten et al (2006); Tochigi et al (2007) ND
CREB1 cAMP response element-binding protein 1 Ray et al (2007b) ND
CSMD1 CUB and SUSHI multiple domains 1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
CTNNA3 Catenin, alpha-3 Bierut et al (2007) ND
CYP17A1 Cytochrome p450, family 17, subfamily a, polypeptide 1 Liu et al (2005) ND
CYP2A6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IIA, polypeptide 6 Gambier et al (2005); Kubota et al (2006); Minematsu et al (2006); Tyndale et al (1999) ND
CYP2B6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IIB, polypeptide 6 Lee et al (2007) ND
CYP2D6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IID, polypeptide 6 Caporaso et al (2001) ND
CYP2E1 Cytochrome p450, subfamily Iie Howard et al (2003); Tyndale (2003) ND
DBH Dopamine beta-hydroxylase, plasma McKinney et al (2000) ND
DDC Dopa decarboxylase Ma et al (2005); Yu et al (2006b); Zhang et al (2006a) ND
DEFB1 Defensin, beta, 1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
DLG4 Discs large, Drosophila, homolog of, 4 Lou et al (2007) ND
DNM1 Dynamin 1 Xu et al (2009) ND
DRD1 Dopamine receptor D1 Huang et al (2008a) ND
DRD2 Dopamine receptor D2 Comings et al (1996); Costa-Mallen et al (2005); Noble et al (1994); Spitz et al (1998) ND
DRD3 Dopamine receptor D3 Huang et al (2008b); Vandenbergh et al (2007) ND
DRD4 Dopamine receptor D4 Lerman et al (1998); Shields et al (1998) ND
ELMO1 Engulfment and cell motility gene 1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
EPAC Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 3 Chen et al (2004) ND
EPHX1 Epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal Liu et al (2005) ND
ESR1 Estrogen receptor 1 Liu et al (2005) ND
FBXL17 F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 17 Bierut et al (2007) ND
FGF14 Fibroblast growth factor 14 Uhl et al (2007) ND
FTO Fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Bierut et al (2007) ND
GABRA2 Gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor 2 Agrawal et al (2008) ND
GABAB2 Gamma-aminobutyric acid B receptor 2 Beuten et al (2005a) ND
GABARAP GABA-a receptor-associated protein Lou et al (2007) ND
GABRA4 Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor, alpha-4 Agrawal et al (2008); Bierut et al (2007) ND
GCCR Glucocorticoid receptor Rogausch et al (2007) ND
GIRK2 Potassium channel, inwardly rectifying, subfamily j, member 6 Bierut et al (2007) ND
GPR154 G-protein-coupled receptor 154 Uhl et al (2007) ND
GRM7 Glutamate receptor, metabotropic, 7 Uhl et al (2007) ND
HHLA1 Human endogenous retrovirus-h long terminal repeat-associating 1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
HRH4 Histamine receptor h4 Uhl et al (2007) ND
HTR1F Serotonin receptor 1F Pomerleau et al (2007) ND
HTR2A 5-αhydroxytryptamine receptor 2a do Prado-Lima et al (2004) ND
KCNQ3 Potassium channel, voltage-gated, kqt-like subfamily, member 3 Uhl et al (2007) ND
LRRN6C Leucine-rich repeat protein, neuronal, 6c Uhl et al (2007) ND
LRRN1 Leucine-rich repeat neuronal protein 1; lern1 Uhl et al (2007) ND
MAOA Monoamine oxidase a Lewis et al (2007); McKinney et al (2000); Tochigi et al (2007) ND
MAOB Monoamine oxidase b Costa-Mallen et al (2005); Lewis et al (2007); Tochigi et al (2007) ND
MICALCL MICAL C-terminal like Uhl et al (2007) ND
MLH1 MutL, E. coli, homolog of, 1 Yu et al (2006a) ND
NFIB Nuclear factor i/b Uhl et al (2007) ND
NRXN1 Neurexin 1 Bierut et al (2007); Nussbaum et al (2008) ND
NTRK2 Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor, type 2 Beuten et al (2007b) ND
OC90 Otoconin 90 Uhl et al (2007) ND
OGG1 8-αOxoguanine DNA glycosylase Liu et al (2005) ND
OPRM1 Opioid receptor, mu-1 Ray et al (2006); Zhang et al (2006c) ND
OSBPL1A Oxysterol-binding protein-like protein 1a Uhl et al (2007) ND
PAM Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase Gelernter et al (2007) ND
PDE4D Phosphodiesterase 4d, cAMP-specific Uhl et al (2007) ND
PDE1C Phosphodiesterase 1C, calmodulin-dependent, 70 kda Uhl et al (2007) ND
PPP1R1B Phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 1B Beuten et al (2007a) ND
PRKG1 Protein kinase, cGMP-dependent, regulatory, type I Uhl et al (2007) ND
PTC Phenylthiocarbamide gene Cannon et al (2005) ND
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog Zhang et al (2006b) ND
PTHB1 Parathyroid hormone-responsive b1 gene Uhl et al (2007) ND
PTPRD Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, receptor-type, delta Uhl et al (2007) ND
SEMA3C Semaphorin 3c Uhl et al (2007) ND
SERT Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, serotonin), member 4; slc6a4 Gerra et al (2005); Kremer et al (2005) ND
SHC3 SHC-transforming protein 3 Li et al (2007) ND
SIPA1L2 Signal-induced proliferation-associated I like 2 Uhl et al (2007) ND
SLC18A2 Solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 2 Schwab et al (2005) ND
SLC6A3 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, dopamine), member 3 Erblich et al (2005); Lerman et al (1999); Ling et al (2004); Timberlake et al (2006) ND
SLC6A4 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, serotonin), member 4 Liu et al (2005); O'Gara et al (2008) ND
SLC9A9 Solute carrier family 9 (sodium/hydrogen exchanger), isoform a9 Uhl et al (2007) ND
TAS2R38 Taste receptor, type 2, member 38 Mangold et al (2008) ND
TH Tyrosine hydroxylase Olsson et al (2004) ND
TPH1 Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 Reuter and Hennig (2005); Reuter et al (2007) ND
TPH2 Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 Reuter et al (2007) ND
TRPC7 Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily m, member 2 Bierut et al (2007) ND
TTC12 Tetratricopeptide repeat domain 12 Gelernter et al (2006) ND
VPS13A Vacuolar protein sorting 13, yeast, homolog of a Bierut et al (2007) ND
XKR5 XK, Kell blood group complex subunit-related family, member 5 Uhl et al (2007) ND
CHRNA3 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 3 Schlaepfer et al (2008) SI/P
CHRNA5 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 5 Schlaepfer et al (2008) SI/P
CHRNA6 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 6 Zeiger et al (2008) SI/P
CHRNB3 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 3 Zeiger et al (2008) SI/P
CHRNB4 Cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, beta polypeptide 4 Schlaepfer et al (2008) SI/P
COMT Catechol-O-methyltransferase Guo et al (2007) SI/P
CYP2A6 Cytochrome p450, subfamily IIa, polypeptide 6 Audrain-McGovern et al (2007) SI/P
DRD2 Dopamine D2 receptor Audrain-McGovern et al (2004); Laucht et al (2008) SI/P
DRD4 Dopamine D4 receptor Laucht et al (2008); Skowronek et al (2006) SI/P
HTR6 5-αHydroxytryptamine receptor 6 Lerer et al (2006) SI/P
IL8 Interleukin 8 Ito et al (2005) SI/P
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog Zhang et al (2006b) SI/P
RHOA RAS homolog gene family, member A Chen et al (2007) SI/P
SLC6A3 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, dopamine), member 3 Ling et al (2004); Segman et al (2007) SI/P
SLC6A4 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, serotonin), member 4 Skowronek et al (2006) SI/P
TPH1 Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 Lerman et al (2001); Sullivan et al (2001) SI/P

Abbreviations: Cessation, smoking cessation; ND, nicotine dependence; SI/P, smoking initiation/progression.