rs12478601
— THADA THADA PCOS/Insulin Resistance
Intronic variant in THADA (thyroid adenoma associated) on chromosome 2p21; the C allele is a PCOS risk allele at the THADA locus (companion tag SNP to rs13429458, the original Han Chinese GWAS lead), tagging a haplotype that reduces THADA-mediated SERCA uncoupling, impairing ER calcium homeostasis in pancreatic beta cells and predisposing to PCOS and insulin secretion defects
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