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Aortic stenosis

WASF2 · rs111478493

Where this position leads

What the study found

Who was studied 55,795 European ancestry male cases, 1,470,806 European ancestry male controls, 55,795 African ancestry male cases, 1,470,806 African ancestry male controls, 55,795 Hispanic or Latin American male cases, 1,470,806 Hispanic or Latin American male controls, 55,795 East Asian ancestry male cases, 1,470,806 East Asian ancestry male controls, 55,795 South Asian ancestry male cases, 1,470,806 South Asian ancestry male controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele carried 1.09 times the odds of Aortic stenosis (95% confidence interval 1.06-1.13); p = 2 × 10⁻¹⁰.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 98% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1p36.11 — in an intron of WASF2.

What each result means

A/A Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Aortic stenosis — no copies of the reported risk allele.

A/G Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Aortic stenosis.

G/G Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Aortic stenosis compared to the general population.

Source

Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of aortic stenosis enhance therapeutic target discovery and disease prediction

Small AM, Yang TY, Itoh S, Thériault S, Dufresne L, Kurosawa R, Komuro I, Matsuda K, Vy HMT, Farber-Eger EH, Shaffer LL, Boulier KM

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Corey KM, Ramaker ME, Laporte F, Schott JJ, Le Scouarnec S, Singh SA, Sonawane AR, Smith HA, Rafaels N, Ghouse J, Raja AA, Ostrowski SR, Sørensen E, Mikkelsen C, Pedersen OB, Erikstrup C, Ullum H, Sveinbjornsson G, Gudbjartsson DF, Abner E, Lee J, Ganna A, Nowak-Göttl U, Finer S, Schumacher J, Maj C, Al-Kassou B, Nickenig G, Trenkwalder T, Dreβen M, Krane M, Nöthen MM, Moksnes MR, Brumpton BM, Knight S, Knowlton KU, Nadauld L, Debiec R, Musameh MD, Braund PS, Nelson CP, Czuba T, Melander O, Selvaraj MS, Koyama S, Bhukar R, Ruan Y, Ljungberg J, Damrauer SM, Levin MG, Franke A, Berger K, Ruff CT, Melloni GEM, Kamanu FK, Ito K, Do R, Loos RJF, Schunkert H, Wells QS, Shah SH, Le Tourneau T, Messika-Zeitoun D, Gignoux C, Bundgaard H, Larsson SC, Michaëlsson K, Holm H, Helgadottir A, Esko T, van Heel DA, Mathieu P, Samani NJ, Smith JG, Söderberg S, Rader DJ, Marston NA, Sabatine MS, Pasaniuc B, Cho K, Wilson PWF, O'Donnell CJ, Stefansson K, Bossé Y, Aikawa E, Engert JC, Peloso GM, Natarajan P, Thanassoulis G

Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine · DBDS Genomic Consortium · Estonian Biobank Research Team · Genes & Health Research Team

Nature genetics · 2026 · PMID 41419686 · open access

Questions about rs111478493

What is rs111478493?

rs111478493 is a single position in the genome, in or near the WASF2 gene. Published research associates it with aortic stenosis. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs111478493 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Aortic Stenosis. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs111478493 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs111478493 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2026, PMID:41419686. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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