Hello, I have a general question about the GWAS Catalog. I have not found any similar question on the internet.
When I enter a gene name, lets say "A", in many cases I get SNP associations for other mapped and reported genes located closed to A, but not for A. For instance, when I enter the gene name "RSPH3", I get some associations, one of which is variant rs1738074-A, associated with Celiac Disease. However, both the reported and mapped gene associated with this variant is TAGAP, not RSPH3, even though RSPH3 is located close by. Indeed, this variant maps within the 5'UTR of TAGAP. I don't get why a query for RSPH3 returns variants associated with other genes. Should I then consider that RSPH3 is associated with Celiac Disease at all?. This has happened to me many times, this is only an example.
Thanks very much
