Gene
MTHFR
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
Explore in graph →CI-GENE-00015559HGNC:7436 ENSG00000177000 NCBI 4524 CIViC Cancer geneApproved
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (3)
CIViC items involving this gene, grouped by molecular profile and therapy, with native levels and directions. 50 items per page.
- Source
- CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
- Dataset
- CIViC evidence items
- Version
- civic-2026-09-08
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- expert curation
- License
- CC0 1.0
- PMID
- 27819322
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTHFR A222V3 | ||||||||
| (predisposing) | Prostate Adenocarcinoma | Predisposing | B | Supports Protectiveness | 4 | accepted | EID1756Study of 1817 prostate adenocarcinoma cases and 2026 cancer free controls to clarify the association of (MTHFR)c.677C>T (and c.1298A>C ) of prostate cancer risk in a population of Han Chinese in Shang… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27819322 · Wu et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Fluorouracil | Rectal CarcinomaALIAS | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | accepted | EID1757Patients with the wild type (C/C) MTHFR gene are 2.91 times (95% CI: [1.23, 6.89]) more likely to have a positive response to neoadjuvant CRT and 3.25 times more likely not to experience relapse (95%… (full text at CIViC) PMID 26693073 · Nikas et al., 2015 · | |
Cohorts
Alteration frequency by cohort (0)
Frequency = cases affected / cases profiled within one cohort. Cohorts are never pooled.
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Literature
Linked publications (3)
25 per page, newest first.
- Source
- PubMed (NLM)
- Dataset
- PubMed E-utilities
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)