rs17853159

This variant is located in the TESK2 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (9)

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

platelet volume

Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele A
OR 0.04
p 7.0e-44
N 394,642
Large GWAS
European
Chen MH et al. “Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.” Cell 182(5):1198-1213.e14 (2020)
Allele A
OR 0.05
p 1.0e-38
N 460,935
Large GWAS
European
Vuckovic D et al. “The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases.” Cell 182(5):1214-1231.e11 (2020)
Allele A
OR 0.04
p 3.0e-18
N 408,112
Large GWAS
European
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 A
OR 0.05
p 7.0e-22
N 335,593
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European
Astle WJ et al. “The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease.” Cell 167(5):1415-1429.e19 (2016)
Allele A
OR 0.05
p 6.0e-15
N 164,454
Large GWAS
European

reticulocyte amount

Vuckovic D et al. “The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases.” Cell 182(5):1214-1231.e11 (2020)
Allele A
OR 0.06
p 5.0e-41
N 408,112
Large GWAS
European
Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele A
OR 0.03
p 5.0e-23
N 394,642
Large GWAS
European

leukocyte quantity

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 G
OR 0.04
p 2.0e-15
N 381,267
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

reticulocyte count

Vuckovic D et al. “The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases.” Cell 182(5):1214-1231.e11 (2020)
Allele A
OR 0.03
p 2.0e-15
N 408,112
Large GWAS
European
Astle WJ et al. “The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease.” Cell 167(5):1415-1429.e19 (2016)
Allele A
OR 0.04
p 7.0e-10
N 170,763
Large GWAS
European

low density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement

Graham SE et al. “The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids.” Nature 600(7890):675-679 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 7.0e-14
N 1,320,016
Large GWAS
European

immature platelet measurement

Akbari P et al. “A genome-wide association study of blood cell morphology identifies cellular proteins implicated in disease aetiology.” Nature Communications 14(1):5023 (2023)
Allele A
OR 0.09
p 6.0e-12
N 36,829
Large GWAS
European

platelet quantity

Akbari P et al. “A genome-wide association study of blood cell morphology identifies cellular proteins implicated in disease aetiology.” Nature Communications 14(1):5023 (2023)
Allele A
OR 0.09
p 9.0e-12
N 36,615
Large GWAS
European

immature platelet count

Akbari P et al. “A genome-wide association study of blood cell morphology identifies cellular proteins implicated in disease aetiology.” Nature Communications 14(1):5023 (2023)
Allele A
OR 0.08
p 4.0e-10
N 36,618
Large GWAS
European

total cholesterol measurement

Graham SE et al. “The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids.” Nature 600(7890):675-679 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 1.0e-9
N 1,320,016
Large GWAS
European
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ClinVar annotation

Benign★★★☆
2 submitters1 publication
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About TESK2

This gene product is a serine/threonine protein kinase that contains an N-terminal protein kinase domain that is structurally similar to the kinase domains of testis-specific protein kinase-1 and the LIM motif-containing protein kinases (LIMKs). Its overall structure is most related to the former, indicating that it belongs to the TESK subgroup of the LIMK/TESK family of protein kinases. This gene is predominantly expressed in testis and prostate. The developmental expression pattern of the rat gene in testis suggests an important role for this gene in meitoic stages and/or early stages of spermiogenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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