rs3802177

This is a 3 prime utr variant variant in the SLC30A8 gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (10)

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

Research that mentions this SNP (1)

Impact of repeated measures and sample selection on genome‐wide association studies of fasting glucose
AssociationN=9,133Laura J. Rasmussen‐Torvik et al.(2010)· Genetic Epidemiology

This GWAS of fasting glucose in the ARIC study examined 5,782-8,372 individuals across four longitudinal visits and identified five genomic regions significantly associated with fasting glucose (p < 5×10⁻⁸): GCKR, G6PC2, GCK, SLC30A8, and MTNR1B. The study demonstrated that averaging fasting glucose measures across visits improved statistical power and detected additional signals (GCKR rs780094, SLC30A8 rs13266634) not visible in single-visit analyses. Analysis of candidate SNPs revealed significant interactions with diabetes status: associations with fasting glucose were stronger in non-diabetic individuals than in those with prevalent diabetes for multiple SNPs including rs10830963 (MTNR1B), rs560887 (G6PC2), rs4607517 (GCK), and rs780094 (GCKR).

Traits studied:Fasting glucoseType 2 diabetes

About SLC30A8

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc efflux transporter involved in the accumulation of zinc in intracellular vesicles. This gene is expressed at a high level only in the pancreas, particularly in islets of Langerhans. The encoded protein colocalizes with insulin in the secretory pathway granules of the insulin-secreting INS-1 cells. Allelic variants of this gene exist that confer susceptibility to diabetes mellitus, noninsulin-dependent (NIDDM). Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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