rs193922561
Variant summary
Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points: 0P and 5B. BP4_StrongBP6
The NM_000518.5(HBB):c.316-96G>C variant causes a intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000531 in 1,291,074 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000518.5 intron
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- dominant beta-thalassemiaInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
- hemoglobin M diseaseInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
- beta thalassemiaInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
- beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRBInheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
- sickle cell disease and related diseasesInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
- erythrocytosis, familial, 6Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
- Heinz body anemiaInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
- sickle cell diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
- hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- beta-thalassemia intermediaInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- beta-thalassemia majorInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- delta-beta-thalassemiaInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hemoglobin C diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hemoglobin E diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- sickle cell-beta-thalassemia disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- sickle cell-hemoglobin c disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- sickle cell-hemoglobin d disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  0.000381  AC: 58AN: 152162Hom.:  0  Cov.: 33 show subpopulations 
GnomAD4 exome  AF:  0.000551  AC: 628AN: 1138794Hom.:  0   AF XY:  0.000548  AC XY: 319AN XY: 581698 show subpopulations 
Age Distribution
GnomAD4 genome  0.000381  AC: 58AN: 152280Hom.:  0  Cov.: 33 AF XY:  0.000255  AC XY: 19AN XY: 74470 show subpopulations 
Age Distribution
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
not provided    Uncertain:1Benign:1 
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The HBB c.316-96G>C variant, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported in the published literature. The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.00045 (7/15430 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Analysis of this variant using software algorithms for the prediction of the effect of nucleotide changes on splicing yielded predictions that this variant does not affect HBB mRNA splicing . Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -
not specified    Benign:1 
Variant summary: HBB c.316-96G>C is located at a position not widely known to affect splicing. Consensus agreement among computation tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing (Trap). However, these predictions have yet to be confirmed by functional studies. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00053 in 1291074 control chromosomes in the gnomAD database. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.316-96G>C in individuals affected with Hemoglobinopathy and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 36321). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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