Genetic variant
rs174577
rs174577 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 11. Carrying it does not, on its own, mean you have or will develop any condition.
What is this?
Your DNA is a long sequence of four letters. At a few million positions, people commonly differ by a single letter; each of those positions is called a SNP (“snip”), and rs174577 is the catalogue number of one of them. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.
We hold only the basic reference record for this variant: its ID and position. Many catalogued variants have never been linked to anything.
Why might it matter?
ClinVar holds no clinical classification for this variant. That is the usual case: most catalogued variants have no known effect on health.
Do I have this variant?
If you have taken a consumer DNA test (23andMe, AncestryDNA and similar), you can download its raw data file and check. Create a free account, upload the file, and this page will show the letters you carry at rs174577, if your test read this position.
Connect this with your blood results
A gene is a fixed instruction; a blood test shows what your body is doing now. CheckMyBloods reads the two side by side, so a variant can be set against the markers it could plausibly affect.
Blood markers do not diagnose a genetic condition, and a variant does not explain a blood result on its own. Together, with symptoms and family history, they give a clinician context.
What should I do next?
- Find out whether you carry it. Reading about a variant says nothing about you until you know your genotype.
- Put it in context. Add your blood results, so the variant can be read against what your body is doing.
- Ask questions. Dr. Hemsworth, our AI assistant, can explain this variant and your results in plain English.
- Take anything that worries you to a professional. A GP or genetic counsellor can order a confirmatory test and interpret it with your history.
This page is general information drawn from public research databases. It cannot diagnose anything, and it is not a substitute for advice from a doctor or genetic counsellor who knows your history.
Technical details
- dbSNP ID
- rs174577
- Position
- chr11:61837342
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omega-3 fatty acids to total fatty acids percentage | A | OR 0.41 | 2E-3668 | PubMed |
| Omega-3 fatty acids to total fatty acids percentage | A | OR 0.37 | 3E-3618 | PubMed |
| Omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids ratio | A | OR 0.35 | 4E-3332 | PubMed |
| Omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids ratio | A | OR 0.38 | 1E-3178 | PubMed |
| Omega-3 fatty acids | A | OR 0.32 | 6E-2902 | PubMed |
| Omega-3 fatty acids | A | OR 0.36 | 3E-2718 | PubMed |
| Docosahexaenoic acid to total fatty acids percentage | A | OR 0.29 | 3E-1796 | PubMed |
| Docosahexaenoic acid to total fatty acids percentage | A | OR 0.26 | 9E-1664 | PubMed |
| 1-linoleoyl-2-arachidonoyl-GPC (18:2/20:4n6) levels | A | OR 0.23 | 2E-97 | PubMed |
| 1-(1-enyl-palmitoyl)-2-arachidonoyl-GPE (P-16:0/20:4) levels | A | OR 0.21 | 1E-85 | PubMed |
| 1-arachidonoyl-GPI (20:4) levels | A | OR 0.19 | 3E-74 | PubMed |
| Plasma omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels (arachidonic acid) | C | OR 0.15 | 4E-68 | PubMed |
| Alkenylphosphatidylcholine (P-17:0/20:4) (b) levels | A | OR 0.39 | 3E-66 | PubMed |
| Alkenylphosphatidylcholine (P-17:0/20:4) (b) levels | A | OR 0.38 | 2E-62 | PubMed |
| Alkenylphosphatidylcholine (P-17:0/20:4) (a) levels | A | OR 0.37 | 1E-59 | PubMed |
| Alkenylphosphatidylcholine (P-17:0/20:4) (a) levels | A | OR 0.36 | 1E-56 | PubMed |
| Alkylphosphatidylcholine (O-38:5) levels | A | OR 0.36 | 2E-56 | PubMed |
| Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels | C | β 0.069 | 2E-54 | PubMed |
| Alkylphosphatidylcholine (O-38:5) levels | A | OR 0.35 | 4E-52 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine (16:0_18:2) levels | A | OR 0.33 | 2E-49 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs174577 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies