rs6916394
This is a downstream gene variant variant in the MICB gene.
▶Research that mentions this SNP (1)
▶MHC region and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in African American womenAssociationN=1,145Ruiz-Narvaez EA et al.(2011)· Human Genetics
Case-control study in 380 African-American SLE cases and 765 controls identified four independent SNPs in the MHC region associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. The strongest signal was rs9271366 (OR=1.70, p=5.6×10⁻⁵) near HLA-DRB1, with conditional analysis revealing three additional independent variants: rs204890 (OR=1.86, p=1.2×10⁻⁴) in ATF6B, rs2071349 (OR=1.53, p=1.0×10⁻³) in HLA-DPB1, and rs2844580 (OR=1.43, p=1.3×10⁻³) near HLA-B/MICA. A combined genotype score showed additive risk with OR=1.67 per high-risk allele (p<0.0001).
About MICB
This gene encodes a heavily glycosylated protein which is a ligand for the NKG2D type II receptor. Binding of the ligand activates the cytolytic response of natural killer (NK) cells, CD8 alphabeta T cells, and gammadelta T cells which express the receptor. This protein is stress-induced and is similar to MHC class I molecules; however, it does not associate with beta-2-microglobulin or bind peptides. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014]
View all MICB variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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