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Thyroid cancer

near HEATR3 · rs12448508

Where this position leads

Condition: Thyroid Cancer

rs12448508 Condition: Thyroid Cancer Thyroid Cancer Condition rs12448508 rs12448508 near HEATR3

What the study found

Who was studied 21,816 African ancestry, admixed American, East Asian ancestry, European ancestry, South Asian ancestry, Greater Middle Eastern cases, 2,895,812 African ancestry, admixed American, East Asian ancestry, European ancestry, South Asian ancestry, Greater Middle Eastern controls.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0908 higher (95% confidence interval 0.06-0.121); p = 5 × 10−9.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 17% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16q12.1 — in an intron of HEATR3-AS1.

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Thyroid cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/G One copy of the version the research linked to Thyroid cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Thyroid cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Source
Global multi-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases
White SL, Brasher MS, Pattee J, Zhou W, Chapman S, Jee YH, Bell CC, Jamil TL, Barrio M, Arehart CH, Evans LM, Hirbo J
and 73 more — show all
Cox NJ, Straub P, Namba S, Bertucci-Richter E, Guare L, Edris A, Morris S, Mulford AJ, Zhang H, Fennessy B, Tobin MD, Chen J, Williams AT, John C, van Heel DA, Mathur R, Finer S, Moksnes MR, Brumpton BM, Åsvold BO, Peculis R, Rovite V, Konrade I, Wang Y, Crooks K, Chavan S, Fisher MJ, Rafaels N, Lin M, Shortt JA, Sanders AR, Whiteman DC, MacGregor S, Medland SE, Thorsteinsdóttir U, Stefánsson K, Karaderi T, Egan KM, Bocklage T, McCrary HC, Riedlinger G, Salhia B, Shriver C, Phan MD, Farlow JL, Edge S, Kaur V, Churchman ML, Rounbehler RJ, Brock PL, Ringel MD, Pividori M, Schweppe R, Raeburn CD, Walters RG, Chen Z, Li L, Matsuda K, Okada Y, Zöllner S, Verma A, Preuss MH, Kenny E, Hendricks AE, Fishbein L, Kraft P, Daly MJ, Neale BM, Martin AR, Cole JB, Haugen BR, Gignoux CR, Pozdeyev N
Penn Medicine BioBank · Virtual Thyroid Biopsy Consortium · Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine · Genes & Health Research Team · BioBank Japan Project · Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative
Nature genetics · 2026 · PMID 41644669 · open access

Questions about rs12448508

What is rs12448508?

rs12448508 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near HEATR3 gene. Published research associates it with thyroid cancer. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs12448508 linked to?

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

Does having rs12448508 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 rs12448508 come from?

GWAS Catalog, GWAS Catalog n.d., PMID:41644669. 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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