rs6853156

This variant is located in the REST gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (3)

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

body height

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 C
OR 0.05
p 2.0e-34
N 607,511
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry
Chiou JS et al. “Your height affects your health: genetic determinants and health-related outcomes in Taiwan.” Bmc Medicine 20(1):250 (2022)
Allele C
OR 0.03
p 2.0e-8
N 67,452
Large GWAS
East Asian

C-C motif chemokine 25 measurement

Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele T
OR 0.04
p 4.0e-19
N 47,745
Large GWAS
European

atrial fibrillation

Yuan S et al. “Cross-population GWAS and proteomics improve risk prediction and reveal mechanisms in atrial fibrillation.” Nature Communications 16(1):6426 (2025)
Allele T
OR 0.04
p 2.0e-18
N 1,840,341
Large GWAS
European

About REST

This gene was initially identified as a transcriptional repressor that represses neuronal genes in non-neuronal tissues. However, depending on the cellular context, this gene can act as either an oncogene or a tumor suppressor. The encoded protein is a member of the Kruppel-type zinc finger transcription factor family. It represses transcription by binding a DNA sequence element called the neuron-restrictive silencer element. The protein is also found in undifferentiated neuronal progenitor cells and it is thought that this repressor may act as a master negative regulator of neurogenesis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, May 2018]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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