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ATOH1

Gene

atonal bHLH transcription factor 1

HGNCHGNC:797EnsemblENSG00000172238NCBI Gene474
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 4q22.2

Also known as

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

Also known asHATH1 · MATH-1 · Math1 · bHLHa14
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Alias symbolsHATH1, MATH-1, Math1, bHLHa14
Previous namesatonal homolog 1 (Drosophila), atonal homolog bHLH transcription factor 1
Alias namesbasic helix-loop-helix family member a14

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.

Aortic Diseases
Cardiomyopathies
Wounds and Injuries
Vascular Diseases
Prostate carcinoma
Intelligence

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.

Basic helix-loop-helix proteins

Provenance

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