FKBP5 and major depressive disorder: One study of 93 patients with bipolar disorder reported that SNPs rs1360789, rs9296158, and rs7748266, were associated with lithium response,[41] whereas the TT genotype of rs1360789 was shown to be associated the response to antidepressant treatments in a STAR∗D cohort.[42] Secondly, some variants of the FKBP5 gene were also shown to be associated with the susceptibility for depression.