rs28715670

This variant is located in the SSH2 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (2)

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

leukocyte quantity

Jee YH et al. “Genome-wide association studies in a large Korean cohort identify quantitative trait loci for 36 traits and illuminate their genetic architectures.” Nature Communications 16(1):4935 (2025)

Allele A

OR 0.02

p 9.0e-24

N 928,679

Large GWAS

multi-ancestry

monocyte count

Kachuri L et al. “Genetic determinants of blood-cell traits influence susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.” American Journal of Human Genetics 108(10):1823-1835 (2021)

Allele A

OR —

p 8.0e-13

N 234,690

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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