rs2115763

This is a upstream gene variant variant in the BCO2 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

interleukin 18 measurement

He M et al. “Genome-wide association study identifies variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with interleukin-18 levels.” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 30(4):885-90 (2010)

Allele T

OR —

p 4.0e-9

N 1,523

Large GWAS

European

About BCO2

This gene encodes an enzyme which oxidizes carotenoids such as beta-carotene during the biosynthesis of vitamin A. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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