rs2234355

This is a protein-altering variant in the CXCR6 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

C-X-C motif chemokine 16 measurement

Surapaneni A et al. “Identification of 969 protein quantitative trait loci in an African American population with kidney disease attributed to hypertension.” Kidney International 102(5):1167-1177 (2022)
Allele A
OR 0.56
p 1.0e-21
N 466
Small GWAS
African American or Afro-Caribbean
Thareja G et al. “Differences and commonalities in the genetic architecture of protein quantitative trait loci in European and Arab populations.” Human Molecular Genetics 32(6):907-916 (2023)
Allele A
OR 0.60
p 6.0e-16
N 2,935
Large GWAS
Greater Middle Eastern (Middle Eastern, North African or Persian)

About CXCR6

The protein encoded by this gene is a G protein-coupled receptor with seven transmembrane domains that belongs to the CXC chemokine receptor family. This family also includes CXCR1, CXCR2, CXCR3, CXCR4, CXCR5, and CXCR7. This gene, which maps to the chemokine receptor gene cluster, is expressed in several T lymphocyte subsets and bone marrow stromal cells. The encoded protein and its exclusive ligand, chemokine ligand 16 (CCL16), are part of a signalling pathway that regulates T lymphocyte migration to various peripheral tissues (the liver, spleen red pulp, intestine, lungs, and skin) and promotes cell-cell interaction with dendritic cells and fibroblastic reticular cells. CXCR6/CCL16 also controls the localization of resident memory T lymphocytes to different compartments of the lung and maintains airway resident memory T lymphocytes, which are an important first line of defense against respiratory pathogens. The encoded protein serves as an entry coreceptor used by HIV-1 and SIV to enter target cells, in conjunction with CD4. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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