Sensitive

Colorectal cancer

FKBP5 · rs16878812

Where this position leads

What the study found

Who was studied 31,197 European ancestry cases, 61,770 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the A allele carried 1.11 times the odds of Colorectal cancer (95% confidence interval 1.07-1.15); p = 2 × 10⁻⁹.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6p21.31 — in an intron of FKBP5.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Colorectal cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Colorectal cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.

G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Colorectal cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

Source

Association analyses identify 31 new risk loci for colorectal cancer susceptibility

Law PJ, Timofeeva M, Fernandez-Rozadilla C, Broderick P, Studd J, Fernandez-Tajes J, Farrington S, Svinti V, Palles C, Orlando G, Sud A, Holroyd A

and 86 more — show all

Penegar S, Theodoratou E, Vaughan-Shaw P, Campbell H, Zgaga L, Hayward C, Campbell A, Harris S, Deary IJ, Starr J, Gatcombe L, Pinna M, Briggs S, Martin L, Jaeger E, Sharma-Oates A, East J, Leedham S, Arnold R, Johnstone E, Wang H, Kerr D, Kerr R, Maughan T, Kaplan R, Al-Tassan N, Palin K, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper J, Jenkins ME, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Duggan D, Casey G, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Jöckel KH, Easton DF, Pharoah PDP, Peto J, Canzian F, Swerdlow A, Eeles RA, Kote-Jarai Z, Muir K, Pashayan N, Harkin A, Allan K, McQueen J, Paul J, Iveson T, Saunders M, Butterbach K, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Kirac I, Matošević P, Hofer P, Brezina S, Gsur A, Cheadle JP, Aaltonen LA, Tomlinson I, Houlston RS, Dunlop MG

PRACTICAL consortium

Nature communications · 2019 · PMID 31089142 · open access

Questions about rs16878812

What is rs16878812?

rs16878812 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FKBP5 gene. Published research associates it with colorectal 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 rs16878812 linked to?

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

Does having rs16878812 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 rs16878812 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Commun 2019, PMID:31089142. 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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