Genetic variant
rs4132601 a variant in the IKZF1 gene
rs4132601 is a single-letter difference in the IKZF1 gene, on chromosome 7. ClinVar, the public archive of variant interpretations, lists it as association: seen more often in people with a condition, which is not the same as causing it. It has been reported in connection with Leukemia, acute lymphocytic, susceptibility to and 2. 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 rs4132601 is the catalogue number of one of them, in the IKZF1 gene. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.
IKZF1 (IKAROS family zinc finger 1): This gene encodes a transcription factor that belongs to the family of zinc-finger DNA-binding proteins associated with chromatin remodeling. The expression of this protein is restricted to the fetal and adult hemo-lymphopoietic system, and it functions as a regulator of lymphocyte differentiation. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.
Gene description from NCBI Gene
23andMe blog Acute lymphoblastic leukemia *each rs4132601(G) 1.69x odds of ALL *each rs7089424(G) 1....
From SNPedia
Why might it matter?
ClinVar records this variant as association, meaning seen more often in people with a condition, which is not the same as causing it. 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
- Leukemia, acute lymphocytic, susceptibility to
- 2
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 rs4132601, 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
- rs4132601
- Gene
- IKZF1
- Position (GRCh38)
- chr7:50402905
- Variant type
- snv
- Consequence
- 3 prime UTR variant
- ClinVar classification
- association
Genome-wide association studies (3)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood (B cell precursor) | — | OR 1.75 | 6E-55 | PubMed |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (childhood) | C | OR 1.69 | 1E-19 | PubMed |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (childhood) | G | OR 1.43 | 8E-13 | PubMed |
How common the less frequent letter is
- gnomAD ALL
- 23.2%
- 1kG AFR
- 17.5%
- 1kG ALL
- 22.1%
- 1kG AMR
- 23.3%
- 1kG EAS
- 10.8%
- 1kG EUR
- 68.2%
- 1kG SAS
- 29.3%
Sources
- dbSNP: rs4132601 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- NCBI Gene: IKZF1
- Ensembl: IKZF1
- GWAS Catalog — association studies