rs11016883
This is a upstream gene variant variant in the MGMT gene.
▶Research that mentions this SNP (1)
▶Gene-environment interactions and obesity traits among postmenopausal African-American and Hispanic women in the Women’s Health Initiative SHARe StudyAssociationN=11,687Digna R. Velez Edwards et al.(2013)· Human Genetics
A genome-wide gene-environment interaction study examined 8,203 African-American and 3,484 Hispanic postmenopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative SHARe GWAS for SNP interactions with lifestyle factors (smoking, diet, physical activity, alcohol) on BMI and waist-to-hip ratio. The strongest BMI gene-environment interaction across cohorts was rs10133840 with smoking (beta=-0.01, P=3.81×10^-7), and the strongest WHR interaction in African-Americans was rs9557704 (ITGBL1) with dietary energy intake (beta=-0.04, P=2.17×10^-7).
About MGMT
Alkylating agents are potent carcinogens that can result in cell death, mutation and cancer. The protein encoded by this gene is a DNA repair protein that is involved in cellular defense against mutagenesis and toxicity from alkylating agents. The protein catalyzes transfer of methyl groups from O(6)-alkylguanine and other methylated moieties of the DNA to its own molecule, which repairs the toxic lesions. Methylation of the genes promoter has been associated with several cancer types, including colorectal cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma and glioblastoma. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
View all MGMT variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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