rs12978179

This is a intron variant variant in the DOT1L gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (3)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

hematocrit

Verma A et al. Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program. Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.03
p 5.0e-31
N 584,645
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

hemoglobin measurement

Verma A et al. Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program. Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.03
p 1.0e-30
N 584,680
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

osteoarthritis, knee

Hatzikotoulas K et al. Translational genomics of osteoarthritis in 1,962,069 individuals. Nature 641(8065):1217-1224 (2025)
Allele T
OR 0.96
p 2.0e-19
N 1,316,500
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

About DOT1L

The protein encoded by this gene is a histone methyltransferase that methylates lysine-79 of histone H3. It is inactive against free core histones, but shows significant histone methyltransferase activity against nucleosomes. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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