Gene: SLC39A8
Alternate names for this Gene: BIGM103|CDG2N|LZT-Hs6|PP3105|ZIP8
Gene Summary: This gene encodes a member of the SLC39 family of solute-carrier genes, which show structural characteristics of zinc transporters. The encoded protein is glycosylated and found in the plasma membrane and mitochondria, and functions in the cellular import of zinc at the onset of inflammation. It is also thought to be the primary transporter of the toxic cation cadmium, which is found in cigarette smoke. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. Additional alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known.
Gene is located in Chromosome: 4
Location in Chromosome : 4q24
Description of this Gene: solute carrier family 39 member 8
Type of Gene: protein-coding
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Alcohol consumption
PMID 29912962 2018 Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.
PMID 30698716 2019 Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions.
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Alcohol-Induced Disorders
PMID 30940813 2019 Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations.
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Alcohol-Related Disorders
PMID 30940813 2019 Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations.
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Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
PMID 30940813 2019 Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations.
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Atrial Fibrillation
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Blood Pressure
PMID 21909110 2011 Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.
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Body Height
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Body mass index
PMID 28443625 2017 Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.
PMID 25673413 2015 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.
PMID 28448500 2017 Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
PMID 29273807 2018 Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity.
PMID 30239722 2019 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694 649 individuals of European ancestry.
PMID 26604143 2016 Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.
PMID 26961502 2016 Variants in the FTO and CDKAL1 loci have recessive effects on risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, respectively.
PMID 20935630 2010 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
PMID 30108127 2018 A Large Multiethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of Adult Body Mass Index Identifies Novel Loci.
PMID 26426971 2015 The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Body mass index procedure
PMID 20935630 2010 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
PMID 23001569 2013 Gene-centric meta-analyses of 108 912 individuals confirm known body mass index loci and reveal three novel signals.
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CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION, TYPE IIn
PMID 26637979 2015 SLC39A8 Deficiency: A Disorder of Manganese Transport and Glycosylation.
PMID 26637978 2015 Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability with Cerebellar Atrophy Syndrome Caused by Mutation of the Manganese and Zinc Transporter Gene SLC39A8.
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Cerebrovascular accident
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Coronary heart disease
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Degenerative polyarthritis
PMID 30664745 2019 Identification of new therapeutic targets for osteoarthritis through genome-wide analyses of UK Biobank data.
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Diabetes
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Diabetes Mellitus
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Diastolic blood pressure
PMID 28739976 2017 Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney.
PMID 27841878 2017 Genome-wide association analyses using electronic health records identify new loci influencing blood pressure variation.
PMID 29912962 2018 Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.
PMID 30578418 2019 Trans-ethnic association study of blood pressure determinants in over 750,000 individuals.
PMID 29615537 2018 Strong impact of natural-selection-free heterogeneity in genetics of age-related phenotypes.
PMID 27618452 2016 The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals.
PMID 21909115 2011 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Diastolic blood pressure measurement
PMID 21909115 2011 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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Duration of sleep
PMID 30846698 2019 Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates.
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Eczema
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Finding of body mass index
PMID 23001569 2013 Gene-centric meta-analyses of 108 912 individuals confirm known body mass index loci and reveal three novel signals.
PMID 20935630 2010 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
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Glucose measurement
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Heart failure
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Hematocrit procedure
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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High density lipoprotein measurement
PMID 20686565 2010 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids.
PMID 24097068 2013 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels.
PMID 30275531 2018 Genetics of blood lipids among ~300,000 multi-ethnic participants of the Million Veteran Program.
PMID 29507422 2018 A large electronic-health-record-based genome-wide study of serum lipids.
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
PMID 30698716 2019 Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions.
PMID 25961943 2015 The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels.
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Hypertensive disease
PMID 21909115 2011 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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Intelligence
PMID 29326435 2019 A combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 187 loci and a role for neurogenesis and myelination in intelligence.
PMID 29844566 2018 Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function.
PMID 29942086 2018 Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence.
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Malignant Neoplasms
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Mean blood pressure
PMID 27618448 2016 Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci.
PMID 29912962 2018 Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.
PMID 21909110 2011 Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.
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Physical Activity Measurement
PMID 28448500 2017 Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.
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RDW - Red blood cell distribution width result
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Red Blood Cell Count measurement
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Red cell distribution width determination
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Schizophrenia
PMID 29483656 2018 Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection.
PMID 26198764 2015 Genome-wide association study of schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jews.
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Serum HDL cholesterol measurement
PMID 24097068 2013 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels.
PMID 20686565 2010 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids.
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Serum total cholesterol measurement
PMID 29507422 2018 A large electronic-health-record-based genome-wide study of serum lipids.
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
PMID 30275531 2018 Genetics of blood lipids among ~300,000 multi-ethnic participants of the Million Veteran Program.
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Smoking
PMID 28443625 2017 Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.
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Systolic Pressure
PMID 27841878 2017 Genome-wide association analyses using electronic health records identify new loci influencing blood pressure variation.
PMID 21909115 2011 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
PMID 27618447 2016 Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension.
PMID 27618452 2016 The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals.
PMID 28739976 2017 Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney.
PMID 29912962 2018 Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
PMID 30578418 2019 Trans-ethnic association study of blood pressure determinants in over 750,000 individuals.
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Systolic blood pressure measurement
PMID 21909115 2011 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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Triglycerides measurement
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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Vital capacity
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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Waist-Hip Ratio
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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White Blood Cell Count procedure
PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.
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body fat percentage (physical finding)
PMID 30593698 2019 Genomics of body fat percentage may contribute to sex bias in anorexia nervosa.
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elevated blood glucose level
PMID 27790247 2016 Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
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mathematical ability
PMID 30038396 2018 Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals.