rs16969968, CHRNA5

N. diseases: 37
Disease: Carcinoma of lung ×
Source: ALL
Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Carcinoma of lung
CUI: C0684249
Disease: Carcinoma of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We conclude that there are at least two distinct mechanisms conferring risk for nicotine dependence and lung cancer: altered receptor function caused by a D398N amino acid variant in CHRNA5 (rs16969968) and variability in CHRNA5 mRNA expression. 19443489 2009
Carcinoma of lung
CUI: C0684249
Disease: Carcinoma of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We used urinary biomarkers to test whether two linked lung cancer risk variants in CHRNA3 (rs1051730) and CHRNA5 (rs16969968) are associated with intensity of smoking and exposure to a tobacco-specific carcinogenic nitrosamine per cigarette dose. 19010884 2008