Alzheimer's disease or family history of Alzheimer's disease
MELK · rs1587397386
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Who was studied 37,075 European, African, Admixed American, Asian, Middle Eastern, Oceanic or unknown ancestry cases, 367,392 European, African, Admixed American, Asian, Middle Eastern, Oceanic or unknown ancestry controls.
The effect
The reported allele is T; the catalogue records no effect size
; p = 1 × 10−14.
Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9p13.2 — in an intron of MELK.
What each result means
C/CNo copy of the version the research linked to Alzheimer's disease or family history of Alzheimer's disease. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/TOne copy of the version the research linked to Alzheimer's disease or family history of Alzheimer's disease. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/TTwo copies of the version the research linked to Alzheimer's disease or family history of Alzheimer's disease. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025 · PMID 39998322 · open access
Questions about rs1587397386
What is rs1587397386?
rs1587397386 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MELK gene. Published research associates it with alzheimer's disease or family history of alzheimer's disease. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs1587397386 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Alzheimer's Disease. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Does having rs1587397386 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 rs1587397386 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025, PMID:39998322. 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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