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APOC3

Gene

apolipoprotein C3

HGNCHGNC:610EnsemblENSG00000110245NCBI Gene345
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11q23.3

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asApo-CIII · ApoC-III · APOCIII · Apo-C3 · ApoC-3
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Alias symbolsApo-CIII, ApoC-III, APOCIII, Apo-C3, ApoC-3
Previous namesapolipoprotein C-III

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Hypertriglyceridemia
Coronary Artery Disease
Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency
Cardiovascular Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Apolipoproteins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.