rs2301254

This is a regulatory region variant variant in the WT1 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (3)

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

Inguinal hernia

Wei J et al. “Identification of fifty-seven novel loci for abdominal wall hernia development and their biological and clinical implications: results from the UK Biobank.” Hernia : the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery 26(1):335-348 (2022)
Allele A
OR 1.12
p 3.0e-21
N 275,546
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

diaphragmatic hernia

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 0.10
p 2.0e-20
N 600,271
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

BMI-adjusted waist-hip ratio

Christakoudi S et al. “GWAS of allometric body-shape indices in UK Biobank identifies loci suggesting associations with morphogenesis, organogenesis, adrenal cell renewal and cancer.” Scientific Reports 11(1):10688 (2021)
Allele G
OR 0.02
p 6.0e-9
N 186,825
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

About WT1

This gene encodes a transcription factor that contains four zinc-finger motifs at the C-terminus and a proline/glutamine-rich DNA-binding domain at the N-terminus. It has an essential role in the normal development of the urogenital system, and it is mutated in a small subset of patients with Wilms tumor. This gene exhibits complex tissue-specific and polymorphic imprinting pattern, with biallelic, and monoallelic expression from the maternal and paternal alleles in different tissues. Multiple transcript variants have been described. In several variants, there is evidence for the use of a non-AUG (CUG) translation initiation codon upstream of, and in-frame with the first AUG. Authors of PMID:7926762 also provide evidence that WT1 mRNA undergoes RNA editing in human and rat, and that this process is tissue-restricted and developmentally regulated. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2015]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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