rs13167280

This is a intron variant variant in the TERT gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (2)

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

non-small cell lung carcinoma

Dai J et al. “Identification of risk loci and a polygenic risk score for lung cancer: a large-scale prospective cohort study in Chinese populations.” The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine 7(10):881-891 (2019)

Allele A

OR 1.24

p 5.0e-32

N 54,475

Large GWAS

multi-ancestry

chromosome, telomeric region length

Liu WS et al. “Whole exome sequencing analyses reveal novel genes in telomere length and their biomedical implications.” Geroscience 46(5):5365-5385 (2024)

Allele A

OR 0.04

p 2.0e-31

N 327,790

Large GWAS

European

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ClinVar annotation

Benign★★★☆

2 submitters1 publication

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Research that mentions this SNP (1)

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Bladder cancer SNP panel predicts susceptibility and survival

AssociationN=2,023Angeline S. Andrew et al.(2009)· Human Genetics

A population-based case-control study of 832 bladder cancer cases and 1,191 controls examining SNPs in cancer-regulatory pathways identified increased risk associated with MTHFD2 (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.3-2.3), TEP1 (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.6), and decreased risk with IL8RB (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.9). Survival analysis found shorter survival with CASP9 variants (HR 1.8, 95% CI 1.1-3.0) and longer survival with EPHX1 variants (HR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.8). Multi-SNP combinations in metabolism, DNA repair, telomerase, and apoptosis pathways were also predictive of bladder cancer risk and prognosis.

Traits studied:Bladder cancer survivalBladder cancer susceptibility

PubMed DOI Metascience Observatory

About TERT

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]