rs769450

This is a downstream gene variant variant in the APOE gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (10)

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

apolipoprotein B measurement

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.05
p 3.0e-98
N 354,097
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

low density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.05
p 2.0e-85
N 355,197
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

C-reactive protein measurement

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.04
p 4.0e-76
N 355,127
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

total cholesterol measurement

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.04
p 2.0e-60
N 355,858
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

Alzheimer disease

Willett JDS et al. “Identification of 16 novel Alzheimer's disease loci using multi-ancestry meta-analyses.” Alzheimer's & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association 21(2):e14592 (2025)
Allele A
OR —
p 3.0e-49
N 27,907
Large GWAS
European, African unspecified, Hispanic or Latin American, Asian unspecified, NR
Nazarian A et al. “Genome-wide analysis of genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease and related sex disparities.” Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 11(1):5 (2019)
Allele A
OR 1.60
p 3.0e-13
N 17,480
Large GWAS
European

Alzheimer disease, family history of Alzheimer’s disease

Willett JDS et al. “Identification of 16 novel Alzheimer's disease loci using multi-ancestry meta-analyses.” Alzheimer's & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association 21(2):e14592 (2025)
Allele A
OR —
p 1.0e-25
N 404,467
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 2.0e-18
N 354,455
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

lipoprotein A measurement

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 6.0e-18
N 284,044
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

serum alanine aminotransferase amount

Sinnott-Armstrong N et al. “Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank.” Nature Genetics 53(2):185-194 (2021)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 2.0e-16
N 355,729
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

grip strength measurement

Schoeler T et al. “Combining cross-sectional and longitudinal genomic approaches to identify determinants of cognitive and physical decline.” Nature Communications 16(1):4524 (2025)
Allele G
OR 0.01
p 6.0e-9
N 404,112
Large GWAS
European
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ClinVar annotation

Drug Response
1 submitter

Warfarin response

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Research that mentions this SNP (1)

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Age-related macular degeneration and functional promoter and coding variants of the apolipoprotein E gene
AssociationN=8,000Lars G. Fritsche et al.(2009)· Human Mutation

This cumulative PhD dissertation investigates genetic susceptibility factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study confirms weak associations of APOE coding variants with AMD risk (P < 0.05) but finds no association with HMCN1 variants. Large replication studies of candidate genes TLR3 and SERPING1 (1,080-4,881 cases and 2,669-2,842 controls) show no association. The authors identified 15 high-risk variants in ARMS2/HTRA1 region on chromosome 10q23.33-10qter, with the ARMS2 A69S variant showing 2.7-fold increased risk heterozygously and 8.2-fold increased risk homozygously, comparable in strength to CFH Y402H. An indel variant (c.*372_815del443ins54) in ARMS2 3' UTR causes mRNA destabilization.

Traits studied:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)Choroidal neovascularizationGeographic atrophy (GA)
PubMedDOIMetascience Observatory

About APOE

The protein encoded by this gene is a major apoprotein of the chylomicron. It binds to a specific liver and peripheral cell receptor, and is essential for the normal catabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein constituents. This gene maps to chromosome 19 in a cluster with the related apolipoprotein C1 and C2 genes. Mutations in this gene result in familial dysbetalipoproteinemia, or type III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP III), in which increased plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are the consequence of impaired clearance of chylomicron and VLDL remnants. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2016]

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