rs17248727

This is a upstream gene variant variant in the LDLR gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (6)

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

Hypercholesterolemia

Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele C
OR 0.24
p 7.0e-135
N 394,626
Large GWAS
European

cholesterol:total lipids ratio, blood VLDL cholesterol amount

Karjalainen MK et al. “Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers.” Nature 628(8006):130-138 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.10
p 2.0e-59
N 136,016
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

cholesteryl esters:total lipids ratio, blood VLDL cholesterol amount, chylomicron amount

Karjalainen MK et al. “Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers.” Nature 628(8006):130-138 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.08
p 1.0e-33
N 126,671
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement

Jacobs BM et al. “Genetic architecture of routinely acquired blood tests in a British South Asian cohort.” Nature Communications 15(1):8929 (2024)
Allele C
OR 0.21
p 4.0e-28
N 38,000
Large GWAS
South Asian

fatty acid amount

Sun Y et al. “GWAS and multi-omics integrative analysis reveal novel loci and their molecular mechanisms for circulating fatty acids.” Hgg Advances 6(4):100470 (2025)
Allele C
OR —
p 2.0e-23
N 239,268
Large GWAS
European

pulse pressure measurement

Keaton JM et al. “Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits.” Nature Genetics 56(5):778-791 (2024)
Allele C
OR 0.19
p 7.0e-13
N 1,028,980
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

About LDLR

The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family consists of cell surface proteins involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific ligands. The encoded protein is normally bound at the cell membrane, where it binds low density lipoprotein/cholesterol and is taken into the cell. Lysosomes release the cholesterol, which is made available for repression of microsomal enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. At the same time, a reciprocal stimulation of cholesterol ester synthesis takes place. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal dominant disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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