rs10509681
A SNP in the CYP2C8 gene on chromosome 10. Its most notable genotype is C;C: >1.81x risk of GI bleeding with some NSAID drugs
- Gene
- CYP2C8
- Location
- Chr 1095,038,992 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 2.0Worth knowing
- Tested on
- 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
- Minor allele frequency
- 6%
Genotypes
As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
- C;CMost notableBad>1.81x risk of GI bleeding with some NSAID drugs
- C;TBadIncreased risk of GI bleeding with NSAIDs
- T;TGoodNo increased risk of GI bleeding on NSAID drugs
On SNPedia: (C;C), (C;T), (T;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 9 HapMap populations.
- AverageC;C <1% C;T 9% T;T 90%
- European ancestry (Utah)C;C 3% C;T 22% T;T 75%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 0% C;T 0% T;T 100%
- Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 0% C;T 0% T;T 100%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 0% C;T 0% T;T 100%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 0% C;T 9% T;T 91%
- Gujarati IndianC;C 1% C;T 7% T;T 92%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 0% C;T 19% T;T 81%
- Maasai (Kenya)C;C 0% C;T 5% T;T 95%
- TuscanC;C 2% C;T 21% T;T 78%
Related
Conditions, medicines and genes
Other CYP2C8 SNPs
Genosets
Genosets combine several genotypes. Twofold checks them in your report.
Notes
From SNPedia
Show notes, about 310 words
This is a CYP2C8 SNP. The CYP2C8*3 allele is mapped to both rs10509681 and rs11572080). In a 2009 article titled "Genetically based impairment in CYP2C8- and CYP2C9-dependent NSAID metabolism as a risk factor for gastrointestinal bleeding: is a combination of pharmacogenomics and metabolomics required to improve personalized medicine?" It is claimed that individuals carrying minor alleles of this SNP (usually heterozygotes, since minor homozygotes are rare) may show increased risk of developing acute gastrointestinal bleeding during the use of NSAIDs that are CYP2C8 or CYP2C9 substrates, such as aceclofenac, celecoxib, diclofenac, ibuprofen, indomethazine, lornoxicam, meloxicam, naproxen, piroxicam, tenoxicam and valdecoxib. In a 2008 article (reviewed in ) titled "Interaction of CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 genotypes modifies the risk for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-related acute gastrointestinal bleeding," the study discovered that carriers of CYP2C8*3 (a minor allele of both rs10509681 and rs11572080) had a GI bleeding event risk OR=1.81 (95% CI=0.95–3.46; P=0.071) and risk increased if carriers drank more than 20g alcohol/day to an OR=1.99 (95% CI=1.06–3.74; P=0.034). As CYP2C8*3 and CYP2C9*2 rs1799853 variant alleles are in linkage disequilibrium, patients are likely to carry the risk allele to both 8*3 and 9*2, and when they do, The OR (95% CI) for carriers of such a genotype is increased to 1.94 (1.13–3.33), P=0.017. A 2013 NIH review titled "PharmGKB summary: very important pharmacogene information for cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, polypeptide 8" reiterated that "some data suggest that the combined presence of minor risk alleles CYP2C8*3 (rs10509681 and rs11572080) and CYP2C9*2 rs1799853 is a determinant of NSAID-induced gastrointestinal bleeding." They cited .
C;C
The minor homozygous is rare but is likely to carry a higher risk.
Source and license
Adapted from rs10509681 on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.
SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.