rs4561483

This variant is located in the BCAR4 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

Litchfield K et al. “Identification of four new susceptibility loci for testicular germ cell tumour.” Nature Communications 6:8690 (2015)
Allele A
OR 1.09
p 2.0e-8
N 5,932
Large GWAS
European
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Research that mentions this SNP (1)

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Variants in BAK1, SPRY4, and GAB2 are associated with pediatric germ cell tumors: A report from the children's oncology group
AssociationN=366Marcotte EL et al.(2017)· Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer

Case-parent triad study of 366 pediatric and adolescent germ cell tumor (GCT) cases examining 26 SNPs from adult testicular GCT GWAS. Three variants reached multiple testing-corrected significance: SPRY4 rs4624820 (OR=0.70, protective), BAK1 rs210138 (OR=1.70, particularly strong for testicular tumors OR=3.31), and GAB2 rs948662 (OR=1.56). Maternal effects observed for KITLG rs4474514 (OR=1.66) and rs7221274 near TEX14/RAD51C/PPM1E (OR=1.63).

Traits studied:Adolescent germ cell tumorsExtragonadal germ cell tumorsGerm cell tumorsGerminomasIntracranial germ cell tumorsOvarian germ cell tumorsPediatric germ cell tumorsTeratomasTesticular germ cell tumorsYolk sac tumors
PubMedDOIMetascience Observatory

About BCAR4

This gene produces a spliced long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) that has been implicated in breast cancer metastasis. It was originally identified in a screen for genes responsible for the development of resistance to anti-estrogens in breast cancer cells. It is thought that release of CCL21 enables this lncRNA to bind to the SNIP1 and PNUTS transcription factors, thereby activating a non-canonical GLI-dependent hedgehog signaling pathway that promotes cancer cell migration and invasion. A similar gene in cow expresses a protein in mature oocytes and preimplantation embryos. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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