rs12720270
— TYK2 TYK2 Intron 7 Splicing Variant
An intronic variant in TYK2 intron 7 that promotes exon 8 inclusion in the mature TYK2 transcript, enhancing TYK2 receptor-binding capacity and conferring protection against SLE in Caucasian populations; acts through the same exon 8 splicing mechanism as the co-associated rs2304256 (V362F) variant
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