rs59168178
This is a protein-altering variant in the ANGPTL8 gene.
▶GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)
Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.
GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)
Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.
triglyceride measurement
Klarin D et al. “Genetics of blood lipids among ~300,000 multi-ethnic participants of the Million Veteran Program.” Nature Genetics 50(11):1514-1523 (2018)
Allele A
OR 0.08
p 3.0e-14
N 297,626
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry
About ANGPTL8
Predicted to enable hormone activity. Involved in regulation of lipid metabolic process and triglyceride homeostasis. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of protein processing and regulation of lipoprotein metabolic process. Located in extracellular region. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
View all ANGPTL8 variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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