Table 2

 Polymorphisms in the SERT gene genotyped on the diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome case/control samples

Single nucleotide polymorphisms
PolymorphismRef SNP in dbSNPGenBank Acc NoSequence positionLocationAllele 1Allele 2Minor allele frequency*
5HTT-T623Css5607073X76753bp 6235′ end genomicTCC (3.1%)
5HTT-T3287Crs25533X76753bp 32875′UTRTCC (7.3%)
5HTT-G674Ass5607074U79746bp 674Intron 1aGAA (9.4%)
5HTT-C867Trs2066713U79746bp 867Intron 1aCTT (37.6%)
5HTT-A2631CSLC6A4U3, rs6354U79746bp 2631Exon 1b non-codingACC (17.4%)
5HTT-G160Ars140701X76758bp 160Intron 8GAA (45.8%)
5HTT-G769Trs1042173X76762bp 7693′ UTRGTG (48.6%)
Other polymorphisms
PolymorphismReferenceGenBank Acc NoSequence positionLocationAllelesAllele frequencies*
5-HTT, 5-hydroxtryptamine transporter ( = SERT); bp, base pair; del, deletion; ins, insertion; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; VNTR, variable number of tandem repeats; s, short; l, long.
*Based on 448 control samples.
5HTT-VNTR21X76754bp 843–1012 (n = 10 rep.)Intron 2n = 9, 10, 11, 12 repeats9 = 1.0%; 10 = 36.9%; 11 = 0%; 12 = 62.1%
SERT-P17X76753bp 1826–1869 (ins)5′ end genomicdel (s)/ins (l)s = 42.8%; l = 57.1%