Sensitive

Alzheimer's disease or family history of Alzheimer's disease

NECTIN2 · rs555608

Where this position leads

Condition: Alzheimer's Disease

rs555608 Condition: Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease Condition rs555608 rs555608 NECTIN2

What the study found

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 G; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 8 × 10−20.

Where it sits Chromosome 19, band 19q13.32 — in an intron of NECTIN2.

What each result means

A/A No 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.
A/G One 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.
G/G Two 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.
Source

Questions about rs555608

What is rs555608?

rs555608 is a single position in the genome, in or near the NECTIN2 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 rs555608 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 rs555608 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 rs555608 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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