rs2298948

This is a downstream gene variant variant in the GCFC2 gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

hippocampal atrophy

Allele C
OR
p 5.0e-8
N 1,673
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

Research that mentions this SNP (1)

Multiple loci influencing hippocampal degeneration identified by genome scan
AssociationN=2,592Scott A. Melville et al.(2012)· Annals of Neurology

A two-stage genome-wide association study identified loci influencing hippocampal volume (HV), total cerebral volume (TCV), and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in Alzheimer disease-related endophenotypes. Novel genome-wide significant associations (p<5.0×10⁻⁸) were found for HV with SNPs in APOE (p=5.23×10⁻³¹), F5/SELP (p=5.53×10⁻⁹), LHFP, and GCFC2 gene regions in Caucasian discovery cohorts, with replication support in African Americans. Significant associations with different SNPs in the same gene were observed for PICALM (p<1×10⁻⁵ in Caucasians) with HV, SYNPR with TCV, and TTC27 with WMH.

Traits studied:Alzheimer diseaseHippocampal volumeTotal cerebral volumeWhite matter hyperintensities

About GCFC2

The first mRNA transcript isolated for this gene was part of an artificial chimera derived from two distinct gene transcripts and a primer used in the cloning process (see Genbank accession M29204). A positively charged amino terminus present only in the chimera was determined to bind GC-rich DNA, thus mistakenly thought to identify a transcription factor gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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