Basic Information

Symbol
CDKN2B-AS1
RNA class
lncRNA
Alias
AL449423.1 ANRIL CDKN2B-AS CDKN2BAS ENSG00000240498.2 ENSG00000240498.6 ENSG00000240498.7 ENSG00000266446.1 NCRNA00089 OTTHUMG00000019689.3 OTTHUMG00000179348.1 PCAT12 RP11-145E5.4 RP11-149I2.4 p15AS
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Sudden cardiac death diagnosis

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
CDKN2B-AS1:1 CAGCUCGCCCCCUAGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAA… 631 nt 0.4913
CDKN2B-AS1:10 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 1446 nt 0.4094
CDKN2B-AS1:11 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 1887 nt 0.4081
CDKN2B-AS1:12 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 3837 nt 0.4243
CDKN2B-AS1:13 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 1646 nt 0.4107
CDKN2B-AS1:14 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 1782 nt 0.4220
CDKN2B-AS1:15 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 992 nt 0.4627
CDKN2B-AS1:16 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 1582 nt 0.4223
CDKN2B-AS1:17 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 2623 nt 0.4243
CDKN2B-AS1:18 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 3834 nt 0.4246
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Summary

This gene is located within the CDKN2B-CDKN2A gene cluster at chromosome 9p21. The gene product is a functional RNA molecule that interacts with polycomb repressive complex-1 (PRC1) and -2 (PRC2), leading to epigenetic silencing of other genes in this cluster. This region is a significant genetic susceptibility locus for cardiovascular disease, and has also been linked to a number of other pathologies, including several cancers, intracranial aneurysm, type-2 diabetes, periodontitis, Alzheimer's disease, endometriosis, frailty in the elderly, and glaucoma. Multiple alternatively processed transcript variants have been detected, some of which may take the form of circular RNA molecules (PMID:21151960). [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]

Forensic Context

A study in humans demonstrated that the CDKN2B-AS1 (ANRIL) was significantly upregulated in the plasma of coronary artery disease patients and showed significant diagnostic predictive value with an AUC of 0.82 in ROC analysis [Abdallah et al. DOI:10.1007/s40291-022-00622-1]. A review of studies in humans, mice, and rats indicates that the CDKN2B-AS1 is involved in atherosclerosis formation in coronary artery disease [Tian et al. DOI:10.3390/molecules26041155].