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-AS1:4 AGCUACAUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCC… 2175 nt 0.4428
CDKN2B-AS1:41 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 540 nt 0.5685
CDKN2B-AS1:42 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 4760 nt 0.3887
CDKN2B-AS1:43 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 2304 nt 0.4457
CDKN2B-AS1:44 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 1254 nt 0.4609
CDKN2B-AS1:45 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 1331 nt 0.4403
CDKN2B-AS1:46 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 1118 nt 0.4508
CDKN2B-AS1:47 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 1254 nt 0.4625
CDKN2B-AS1:48 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 1388 nt 0.4510
CDKN2B-AS1:49 AUCCGUCACCUGACACGGCCCUACCAGGAACAGCCGCGCUCCCGCGGAU… 612 nt 0.4853
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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].