SKIC2 · rs437179
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Strength of the evidence
Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−13, with 3 associations in the GWAS Catalog.
4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.
What the study found
Who was studied 239,268 European ancestry individuals.
The effect The reported allele is A; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 7 × 10−14.
Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6p21.33 — a missense change in SKIC2.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign for Trichohepatoenteric syndrome 2; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 7 submitters), last evaluated 2026-02-04.
ClinVar record 356318 NM_006929.5(SKIC2):c.640A>C (p.Met214Leu)
Change history MyGeneLog™ keeps a copy of every weekly release from 2026-10-19 and compares them. This position's classification has not changed since.
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
rs437179 is a single position in the genome, in or near the SKIC2 gene. Published research associates it with omega-6 fatty acids to total fatty acids percentage. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
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.
GWAS Catalog, HGG advances 2025, PMID:40545721. 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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