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Prostate cancer

TMPRSS2 · rs9979885

Where this position leads

Condition: Prostate Cancer

rs9979885 Condition: Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Condition rs9979885 rs9979885 TMPRSS2

What the study found

Who was studied 28,645 European ancestry cases, 264,556 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.121 higher (95% confidence interval 0.089-0.153); p = 1 × 10−14.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 90% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 21, band 21q22.3 — inside TMPRSS2.

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Source
Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program
Verma A, Huffman JE, Rodriguez A, Conery M, Liu M, Ho YL, Kim Y, Heise DA, Guare L, Panickan VA, Garcon H, Linares F
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Costa L, Goethert I, Tipton R, Honerlaw J, Davies L, Whitbourne S, Cohen J, Posner DC, Sangar R, Murray M, Wang X, Dochtermann DR, Devineni P, Shi Y, Nandi TN, Assimes TL, Brunette CA, Carroll RJ, Clifford R, Duvall S, Gelernter J, Hung A, Iyengar SK, Joseph J, Kember R, Kranzler H, Kripke CM, Levey D, Luoh SW, Merritt VC, Overstreet C, Deak JD, Grant SFA, Polimanti R, Roussos P, Shakt G, Sun YV, Tsao N, Venkatesh S, Voloudakis G, Justice A, Begoli E, Ramoni R, Tourassi G, Pyarajan S, Tsao P, O'Donnell CJ, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Casas JP, Bick AG, Zhou W, Cai T, Voight BF, Cho K, Gaziano JM, Madduri RK, Damrauer S, Liao KP
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024 · PMID 39024449 · open access

Questions about rs9979885

What is rs9979885?

rs9979885 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TMPRSS2 gene. Published research associates it with prostate 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 rs9979885 linked to?

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

Does having rs9979885 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 rs9979885 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Science (New York, N.Y.) 2024, PMID:39024449. 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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