SLC2A9 and hyperuricemia: This also happened for WDR1, which is adjacent to a urate transporter gene SLC2A9. Although one studies reported no relationship between SCL2A9 variants and hyperuricemia/gout [13], a number of GWAS and functional studies revealed a significant association between SCL2A9 variants and hyperuricemia/gout [1–4, 12].