rs2259855

This is a downstream gene variant variant in the SSH2 gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

myeloid leukocyte count

Allele C
OR 0.02
p 3.0e-37
N 562,243
Large GWAS
European

About SSH2

This gene encodes a protein tyrosine phosphatase that plays a key role in the regulation of actin filaments. The encoded protein dephosphorylates and activates cofilin, which promotes actin filament depolymerization. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2013]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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