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White blood cell count (basophil)
FUT6 · rs778798
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What each result means
A/A
Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of White blood cell count (basophil) — no copies of the reported risk allele.
A/C
Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with White blood cell count (basophil).
C/C
Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of White blood cell count (basophil) compared to the general population.
Source
The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease
Astle WJ,
Elding H,
Jiang T,
Allen D,
Ruklisa D,
Mann AL,
Mead D,
Bouman H,
Riveros-Mckay F,
Kostadima MA,
Lambourne JJ,
Sivapalaratnam S
and 62 more — show all
Downes K,
Kundu K,
Bomba L,
Berentsen K,
Bradley JR,
Daugherty LC,
Delaneau O,
Freson K,
Garner SF,
Grassi L,
Guerrero J,
Haimel M,
Janssen-Megens EM,
Kaan A,
Kamat M,
Kim B,
Mandoli A,
Marchini J,
Martens JHA,
Meacham S,
Megy K,
O'Connell J,
Petersen R,
Sharifi N,
Sheard SM,
Staley JR,
Tuna S,
van der Ent M,
Walter K,
Wang SY,
Wheeler E,
Wilder SP,
Iotchkova V,
Moore C,
Sambrook J,
Stunnenberg HG,
Di Angelantonio E,
Kaptoge S,
Kuijpers TW,
Carrillo-de-Santa-Pau E,
Juan D,
Rico D,
Valencia A,
Chen L,
Ge B,
Vasquez L,
Kwan T,
Garrido-Martín D,
Watt S,
Yang Y,
Guigo R,
Beck S,
Paul DS,
Pastinen T,
Bujold D,
Bourque G,
Frontini M,
Danesh J,
Roberts DJ,
Ouwehand WH,
Butterworth AS,
Soranzo N
Cell · 2016 · PMID 27863252 · open access
Questions about rs778798
What is rs778798?
rs778798 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FUT6 gene. Published research associates it with white blood cell count (basophil). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
Does having rs778798 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 rs778798 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Cell 2016, PMID:27863252. 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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