Genetic variant

rs2066827 a variant in the CDKN1B gene

rs2066827 is a single-letter difference in the CDKN1B gene, on chromosome 12. ClinVar, the public archive of variant interpretations, lists it as conflicting interpretations: laboratories that have assessed it do not agree on whether it matters. It has been reported in connection with Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4 and Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome, among others. 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 rs2066827 is the catalogue number of one of them, in the CDKN1B gene. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.

CDKN1B (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1B): This gene encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, which shares a limited similarity with CDK inhibitor CDKN1A/p21. The encoded protein binds to and prevents the activation of cyclin E-CDK2 or cyclin D-CDK4 complexes, and thus controls the cell cycle progression at G1.

Gene description from NCBI Gene

Why might it matter?

ClinVar records this variant as conflicting interpretations, meaning laboratories that have assessed it do not agree on whether it matters. A classification describes the variant, not you: what it means for one person depends on their genotype, their family history and often on other genes and circumstances.

Conditions it has been reported with

Listed in ClinVar submissions for this variant. Being listed is a report of an association, not a statement that the variant causes the condition in any given person.

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 rs2066827, 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?

  1. Find out whether you carry it. Reading about a variant says nothing about you until you know your genotype.
  2. Put it in context. Add your blood results, so the variant can be read against what your body is doing.
  3. Ask questions. Dr. Hemsworth, our AI assistant, can explain this variant and your results in plain English.
  4. 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
rs2066827
Gene
CDKN1B
Position (GRCh38)
chr12:12718164
Variant type
snv
Consequence
missense variant
ClinVar classification
Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Genome-wide association studies (20)

TraitRisk alleleOR / betaP-valueStudy
Height G β 0.021 1E-169 PubMed
Standing height (UKB data field 50) G β 0.013 3E-27 PubMed
height (mean, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.04 2E-25 PubMed
Height — β 0.021 9E-25 PubMed
Height (maximum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.038 3E-24 PubMed
Weight (mean, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.032 5E-23 PubMed
Height (baseline) T β 0.015 8E-23 PubMed
height (minimum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.036 1E-22 PubMed
Weight (maximum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.03 4E-20 PubMed
Weight (minimum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.028 2E-19 PubMed
What is your height? (cm, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.039 2E-18 PubMed
height (mean, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.039 1E-17 PubMed
Height (maximum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.039 3E-17 PubMed
Appendicular lean mass T β 0.018 2E-16 PubMed
Type 2 diabetes G — 7E-16 PubMed
height (minimum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.034 1E-14 PubMed
Physical function (baseline) T β 0.009 2E-13 PubMed
Weight (minimum, inv-normal transformed) T β 0.025 4E-13 PubMed
Whole body water mass (UKB data field 23102) G β 0.009 2E-12 PubMed
Basal metabolic rate (UKB data field 23105) G β 0.009 9E-12 PubMed

How common the less frequent letter is

gnomAD ALL
24.7%
1kG AFR
78.4%
1kG ALL
35.9%
1kG AMR
78.2%
1kG EAS
94.4%
1kG EUR
24.3%
1kG SAS
68.1%

Sources