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Thyroid cancer

EPB41L4A · rs78455089

Where this position leads

Condition: Thyroid Cancer

rs78455089 Condition: Thyroid Cancer Thyroid Cancer Condition rs78455089 rs78455089 EPB41L4A

What the study found

Who was studied 21,816 African ancestry, admixed American, East Asian ancestry, European ancestry, South Asian ancestry, Greater Middle Eastern cases, 2,895,812 African ancestry, admixed American, East Asian ancestry, European ancestry, South Asian ancestry, Greater Middle Eastern controls.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.236 lower (95% confidence interval 0.2-0.27); p = 1 × 10−41.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 12% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5q22.1 — inside EPB41L4A.

What each result means

A/A Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Thyroid cancer compared to the general population.
A/C Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Thyroid cancer.
C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Thyroid cancer — no copies of the reported risk allele.
Source
Global multi-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases
White SL, Brasher MS, Pattee J, Zhou W, Chapman S, Jee YH, Bell CC, Jamil TL, Barrio M, Arehart CH, Evans LM, Hirbo J
and 73 more — show all
Cox NJ, Straub P, Namba S, Bertucci-Richter E, Guare L, Edris A, Morris S, Mulford AJ, Zhang H, Fennessy B, Tobin MD, Chen J, Williams AT, John C, van Heel DA, Mathur R, Finer S, Moksnes MR, Brumpton BM, Åsvold BO, Peculis R, Rovite V, Konrade I, Wang Y, Crooks K, Chavan S, Fisher MJ, Rafaels N, Lin M, Shortt JA, Sanders AR, Whiteman DC, MacGregor S, Medland SE, Thorsteinsdóttir U, Stefánsson K, Karaderi T, Egan KM, Bocklage T, McCrary HC, Riedlinger G, Salhia B, Shriver C, Phan MD, Farlow JL, Edge S, Kaur V, Churchman ML, Rounbehler RJ, Brock PL, Ringel MD, Pividori M, Schweppe R, Raeburn CD, Walters RG, Chen Z, Li L, Matsuda K, Okada Y, Zöllner S, Verma A, Preuss MH, Kenny E, Hendricks AE, Fishbein L, Kraft P, Daly MJ, Neale BM, Martin AR, Cole JB, Haugen BR, Gignoux CR, Pozdeyev N
Penn Medicine BioBank · Virtual Thyroid Biopsy Consortium · Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine · Genes & Health Research Team · BioBank Japan Project · Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative
Nature genetics · 2026 · PMID 41644669 · open access

Questions about rs78455089

What is rs78455089?

rs78455089 is a single position in the genome, in or near the EPB41L4A gene. Published research associates it with thyroid 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 rs78455089 linked to?

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

Does having rs78455089 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 rs78455089 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2026, PMID:41644669. 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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