Genetic Variant IL4:c.360+18C>A (chr5-132679908-C-A) – ACMG Classification: Benign (-8 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -8 ACMG points: 0P and 8B. BP4_StrongBS2

The NM_000589.4(IL4):c.360+18C>A variant causes a intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000806 in 1,593,930 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 13 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0020 ( 1 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.00068 ( 12 hom. )

Consequence

IL4
NM_000589.4 intron

Scores

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.321

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

IL4 (HGNC:6014): (interleukin 4) The protein encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cytokine produced by activated T cells. This cytokine is a ligand for interleukin 4 receptor. The interleukin 4 receptor also binds to IL13, which may contribute to many overlapping functions of this cytokine and IL13. STAT6, a signal transducer and activator of transcription, has been shown to play a central role in mediating the immune regulatory signal of this cytokine. This gene, IL3, IL5, IL13, and CSF2 form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 5q, with this gene particularly close to IL13. This gene, IL13 and IL5 are found to be regulated coordinately by several long-range regulatory elements in an over 120 kilobase range on the chromosome. IL4 is considered an important cytokine for tissue repair, counterbalancing the effects of proinflammatory type 1 cytokines, however, it also promotes allergic airway inflammation. Moreover, IL-4, a type 2 cytokine, mediates and regulates a variety of human host responses such as allergic, anti-parasitic, wound healing, and acute inflammation. This cytokine has been reported to promote resolution of neutrophil-mediated acute lung injury. In an allergic response, IL-4 has an essential role in the production of allergen-specific immunoglobin (Ig) E. This pro-inflammatory cytokine has been observed to be increased in COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) patients, but is not necessarily associated with severe COVID-19 pathology. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

IL4 links:

LOC105379176 (HGNC:):

LOC105379176 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -8 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.89).

BS2

High AC in GnomAd4 at 305 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein
IL4	NM_000589.4 link	c.360+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 3 of 3	ENST00000231449.7	NP_000580.1
LOC105379176	NR_134248.1 link	n.385G>T	non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 2
IL4	NM_172348.3 link	c.312+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 2 of 2		NP_758858.1
IL4	NM_001354990.2 link	c.*50+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 4 of 4		NP_001341919.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein
IL4	ENST00000231449.7 link	c.360+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 3 of 3	1	NM_000589.4	ENSP00000231449.2
IL4	ENST00000350025.2 link	c.312+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 2 of 2	1		ENSP00000325190.3
IL4	ENST00000622422.1 link	c.*50+18C>A	intron_variant	Intron 4 of 4	1		ENSP00000480581.1
IL4	ENST00000495905.1 link	n.*39C>A	downstream_gene_variant		5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00200

AC:

304

AN:

152194

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00509

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00196

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.000288

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00124

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.000753

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00316

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.000514

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00574

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00119

AC:

277

AN:

231842

AF XY:

0.00127

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00489

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000711

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.000334

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.0000572

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00134

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.000727

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000715

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.000679

AC:

979

AN:

1441618

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000730

AC XY:

522

AN XY:

715218

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00437

AC:

143

AN:

32730

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000989

AC:

AN:

41442

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.000237

AC:

AN:

25296

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000254

AC:

AN:

39360

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00225

AC:

190

AN:

84320

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00144

AC:

AN:

52236

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00398

AC:

AN:

5534

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000395

AC:

435

AN:

1101318

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00111

AC:

AN:

59382

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.490

Heterozygous variant carriers

100

149

199

249

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0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Exome Hom

Variant carriers

100

<30

30-35

35-40

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45-50

50-55

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00200

AC:

305

AN:

152312

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00191

AC XY:

142

AN XY:

74482

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00510

AC:

212

AN:

41562

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00196

AC:

AN:

15306

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.000288

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5180

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00124

AC:

AN:

4824

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.000753

AC:

AN:

10622

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00340

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000514

AC:

AN:

68028

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00568

AC:

AN:

2114

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.499

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<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:

0.00143

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.00210

Asia WGS

AF:

0.00115

AC:

AN:

3478

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.89

CADD

Benign

1.5

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.44

PhyloP100

-0.32

Mutation Taster

=100/0

polymorphism

(source)

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

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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