Table 3.

Overview of genes examined in more than one candidate gene study on antidepressants

	NR3C1 Glucocorticoid receptor	SLC6A4 Serotonin transporter	BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor	FKBP5 Regulator of the glucocorticoid receptor
Galbally et al. (2020) [37]	N.S.
Mansell et al. (2016) [45]	N.S.
Gartstein et al. (2016) [38]		+
Ciesielski et al. (2015) [33]				N.S.
Non et al. (2014) [32]	N.S.	–	N.S.	–
Devlin et al. (2010) [44]		N.S.	N.S.
Oberlander et al. (2008) [36]	N.S.
TOTAL STUDIES	4	3	2	2

‘+’: significantly increased DNAm level in medication-exposed group; ‘–’: significantly decreased DNAm level in medication-exposed group; ‘N.S.’: no significant difference between the medication-exposed and non-exposed groups.