11-108271261-T-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points: 1P and 8B. BP2_StrongPP3BS1

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The c.2932T>C variant in ATM is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of serine by proline at amino acid 978 (p.Ser978Pro). This variant has been observed with the variant c.8395_8404del (p.F2799Kfs*4) which is classified as pathogenic by the HBOP VCEP (ClinVar SCV005627268.1) in one individual with Ataxia-Telangiectasia and 6 individuals with no features of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (PMID:26896183, Ambry internal data) (PM3/BP2 points: +2). The phase of the variants was suspected to be in cis by family testing. This variant has also been observed with other pathogenic ATM variants in 21 individuals with no features of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (Ambry internal data) (PM3/BP2 points: -42) (BP2_Strong met, -40 points). The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.004874 in the South Asian population, which is higher than the ClinGen HBOP VCEP threshold (>0.0005) for BS1, and therefore meets this criterion. The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.87, which is above the threshold of 0.733, evidence that correlates with impact to ATM function (PP3). Although there are both pathogenic and benign types of evidence for this variant, the pathogenic evidence is not considered inconsistent with the final classification. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as benign for autosomal dominant ATM-related cancer predisposition and autosomal recessive Ataxia-Telangiectasia based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied as specified by the HBOP VCEP. (BS1, BP2_strong, PP3) LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA286788/MONDO:0700270/020

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00044 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.00084 ( 7 hom. )

Consequence

ATM
NM_000051.4 missense

Scores

9
5
5

Clinical Significance

Benign reviewed by expert panel U:9B:22

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.40

Publications

31 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
ATM (HGNC:795): (ATM serine/threonine kinase) The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the PI3/PI4-kinase family. This protein is an important cell cycle checkpoint kinase that phosphorylates; thus, it functions as a regulator of a wide variety of downstream proteins, including tumor suppressor proteins p53 and BRCA1, checkpoint kinase CHK2, checkpoint proteins RAD17 and RAD9, and DNA repair protein NBS1. This protein and the closely related kinase ATR are thought to be master controllers of cell cycle checkpoint signaling pathways that are required for cell response to DNA damage and for genome stability. Mutations in this gene are associated with ataxia telangiectasia, an autosomal recessive disorder. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2010]
ATM Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
  • ataxia telangiectasia
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Orphanet
  • hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE, LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
  • prostate cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • sarcoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • familial ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
  • gastric carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points.

PP3
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
BP2
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
BS1
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
ATMNM_000051.4 linkc.2932T>C p.Ser978Pro missense_variant Exon 20 of 63 ENST00000675843.1 NP_000042.3

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
ATMENST00000675843.1 linkc.2932T>C p.Ser978Pro missense_variant Exon 20 of 63 NM_000051.4 ENSP00000501606.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000440
AC:
67
AN:
152138
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000724
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000262
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00352
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.000573
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00191
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.000951
AC:
239
AN:
251278
AF XY:
0.00124
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.000116
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.000695
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000817
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.000844
AC:
1234
AN:
1461714
Hom.:
7
Cov.:
36
AF XY:
0.000945
AC XY:
687
AN XY:
727166
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000209
AC:
7
AN:
33476
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000201
AC:
9
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.0000765
AC:
2
AN:
26130
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39664
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00495
AC:
427
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53328
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00173
AC:
10
AN:
5766
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000638
AC:
709
AN:
1111980
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00116
AC:
70
AN:
60388
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.473
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
78
157
235
314
392
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
28
56
84
112
140
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000440
AC:
67
AN:
152256
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.000484
AC XY:
36
AN XY:
74454
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000722
AC:
3
AN:
41548
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000262
AC:
4
AN:
15284
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5184
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00352
AC:
17
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10604
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000573
AC:
39
AN:
68020
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00189
AC:
4
AN:
2112
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.515
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
4
8
13
17
21
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.000523
Hom.:
1
Bravo
AF:
0.000370
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000809
AC:
3
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00104
AC:
4
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000465
AC:
4
ExAC
AF:
0.00124
AC:
151
EpiCase
AF:
0.000818
EpiControl
AF:
0.00107

ClinVar

Significance: Benign
Submissions summary: Uncertain:9Benign:22
Revision: reviewed by expert panel
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:5Benign:5
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Laboratory of Diagnostic Genome Analysis, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

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Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Apr 01, 2025
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

ATM: BS2 -

Nov 03, 2021
Institute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital TU Dresden, University Hospital TU Dresden
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

-
Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Mar 20, 2020
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Aug 29, 2023
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jul 18, 2019
Athena Diagnostics
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

-
Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

-
Joint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Ataxia-telangiectasia syndrome Uncertain:2Benign:5
Jan 09, 2020
Natera, Inc.
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Mar 26, 2024
Genomic Medicine Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jul 10, 2024
Dr.Nikuei Genetic Center
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Feb 04, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Aug 17, 2017
Counsyl
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -

Apr 27, 2017
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases did not allow this variant to be ruled in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -

Apr 09, 2024
Mendelics
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified Uncertain:1Benign:4
Mar 04, 2025
Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Classification criteria: BS1_strong, PP3_supporting -

May 24, 2021
Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jul 22, 2016
Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

May 17, 2017
GeneDx
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is considered likely benign or benign based on one or more of the following criteria: it is a conservative change, it occurs at a poorly conserved position in the protein, it is predicted to be benign by multiple in silico algorithms, and/or has population frequency not consistent with disease. -

Jul 26, 2021
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: ATM c.2932T>C (p.Ser978Pro) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00092 in 266408 control chromosomes, predominantly at a frequency of 0.0049 within the South Asian subpopulation in the gnomAD database, including 2 homozygotes. The observed variant frequency within South Asian control individuals in the gnomAD database is approximately 1.24 fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in ATM causing Ataxia-Telangiectasia phenotype (0.004), strongly suggesting that the variant is a benign polymorphism found primarily in populations of South Asian origin. Furthermore, it has also been reported among five individuals who are cancer free at age 70 in the FLOSSIES database. This variant has been reported in multiple affected individuals with classical AT, classical Hodgkins lymphoma, B-NHL, BrC, CRC etc. Among them the one patient with classical AT also carried another ATM variant c.8395-8404del10, and no residual ATM activity was detected via western blot in this patient sample and only about 10% expressed ATM protein detected compared to WT (Carney_2012). However, the possibility of an undetected second variant causing AT in this patient cannot be ruled out. A study evaluating the Rate Ratio of asynchronous contralateral breast cancer associated with ATM gene mutation carrier status found a non-statistically significant risk of contralateral breast cancer for missense variants in the ATM gene (RR 1.2, 95% CI = 0.8 to 1.7) (Bernstein_2010). This low RR and a 95% CI overlapping 1.0 indicate very little confidence in the assertion of association with breast cancer. Subsequently, this variant has been reported in cases and in controls by other studies (example, Dorling_2021). Multiple ClinVar submitters (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as uncertain significance (n=4), likely benign (n=4) and benign (n=5). Based on the evidence outlined above, and the emerging peer consensus, the variant was classified as benign. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1Benign:4
Jun 01, 2021
Sema4, Sema4
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

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Aug 01, 2018
GeneKor MSA
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Feb 12, 2025
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

PP3, BS1, BP2_Moderate c.2932T>C, located in exon 20 of the ATM gene, is predicted to result in the substitution of Ser by Pro at codon 978, p.(Ser978Pro). The variant allele was found in 151/30520 alleles (and 2 homozygotes), with a filter allele frequency of 0.43% at 95% confidence, within the South Asian population in the gnomAD v2.1.1 database (non-cancer data set) (BS1, BP2_Moderate). The SpliceAI algorithm predicts no significant impact on splicing and the REVEL meta-predictor score for this variant (0.874) suggests a deleterious effect on protein function (PP3). This variant has been reported in an AT patient in co-ocurrence with a truncating ATM germline mutation, c.8395_8404del; p.(Phe2799Lysfs*4), but the phase of the variants were unknown (PMID: 22649200). This variant has been reported in the ClinVar (10x benign, 10x likely benign, 9x uncertain significance) and in the LOVD database (1x benign, 2x likely benign, 6x uncertain significance). Based on currently available information, the variant c.2932T>C should be considered a likely benign variant. -

Mar 05, 2015
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Oct 19, 2017
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This alteration is classified as benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Breast and/or ovarian cancer Benign:1
Jun 05, 2023
CHEO Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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ATM-related cancer predisposition Benign:1
Jun 11, 2025
ClinGen Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Variant Curation Expert Panel, ClinGen
Significance:Benign
Review Status:reviewed by expert panel
Collection Method:curation

The c.2932T>C variant in ATM is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of serine by proline at amino acid 978 (p.Ser978Pro). This variant has been observed with the variant c.8395_8404del (p.F2799Kfs*4) which is classified as pathogenic by the HBOP VCEP (ClinVar SCV005627268.1) in one individual with Ataxia-Telangiectasia and 6 individuals with no features of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (PMID: 26896183, Ambry internal data) (PM3/BP2 points: +2). The phase of the variants was suspected to be in cis by family testing. This variant has also been observed with other pathogenic ATM variants in 21 individuals with no features of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (Ambry internal data) (PM3/BP2 points: -42) (BP2_Strong met, -40 points). The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.004874 in the South Asian population, which is higher than the ClinGen HBOP VCEP threshold (>0.0005) for BS1, and therefore meets this criterion. The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.87, which is above the threshold of 0.733, evidence that correlates with impact to ATM function (PP3). Although there are both pathogenic and benign types of evidence for this variant, the pathogenic evidence is not considered inconsistent with the final classification. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as benign for autosomal dominant ATM-related cancer predisposition and autosomal recessive Ataxia-Telangiectasia based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied as specified by the HBOP VCEP. (BS1, BP2_strong, PP3) -

Malignant tumor of breast Benign:1
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

The ATM p.Ser978Pro variant was identified in 10 of 9598 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.001) from individuals or families with HBOC, Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC), Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT), or high risk cancer, and was not identified in 168 control chromosomes from healthy individuals (Yurgelun 2015, Caminsky 2016, Castera 2014, Hansford 2015, Maxwell 2016, Bernstein 2010, Gumy Pause 2006, Carney 2012). The variant co-occurred with an ATM variant (c.8395_8404del) in an AT patient whose residual ATM protein expression level was found to be 10% (Carney 2012). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs139552233) “With other allele” and ClinVar (classified as benign by GeneDx, Invitae and Ambry Genetics; as likely benign by EGL Genetic Diagnostics and Counsyl; and as uncertain significance by Praxis fuer Humangentik Tuebingen and Integrated Genetics/Laboratory Corp. of America). The variant was not identified in LOVD 3.0. The variant was identified in control databases in 248 of 277020 chromosomes (2 homozygous) at a frequency of 0.0009, increasing the likelihood this could be a low frequency benign variant (Genome Aggregation Database Feb 27, 2017). The variant was observed in the following populations: South Asian in 154 (2 homozygous) of 30778 chromosomes (freq: 0.005), Other in 6 of 6456 chromosomes (freq: 0.0009), Latino in 4 of 34408 chromosomes (freq: 0.0001), and European Non-Finnish in 84 of 126608 chromosomes (freq: 0.0007), while it was not observed in the African, Ashkenazi Jewish, East Asian or Finnish populations. The p.Ser978Pro is located in the ß-adaptin binding domain and the p.Ser978 residue is conserved across mammals and other organisms; 5 of 5 computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) suggest that the variant may impact the protein; however, this information is not predictive enough to assume pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and only 1 of 4 in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) predict a greater than 10% difference in splicing; this is not very predictive of pathogenicity. In summary, based on the above information, the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time although we would lean towards a more benign role for this variant. This variant is classified as likely benign. -

Familial cancer of breast Benign:1
May 10, 2024
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is considered benign. This variant has been observed at a population frequency that is significantly greater than expected given the associated disease prevalence and penetrance. This variant is strongly associated with less severe personal and family histories of cancer, typical for individuals without pathogenic variants in this gene [PMID: 25085752]. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.65
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.063
T
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.32
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.16
.;T;T
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.74
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.72
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.80
T;D;.
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.44
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.031
T;T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.20
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.8
.;M;M
PhyloP100
6.4
PrimateAI
Benign
0.41
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-2.7
D;D;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.87
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D
Polyphen
1.0
.;D;D
Vest4
0.94, 0.94
MVP
0.95
MPC
0.52
ClinPred
0.12
T
GERP RS
5.5
Varity_R
0.78
gMVP
0.61
Mutation Taster
=21/79
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.0
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs139552233; hg19: chr11-108141988; API