CASP7

Gene

caspase 7

HGNCHGNC:1508 EnsemblENSG00000165806 NCBI Gene840

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 10q25.3

Also known as

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

Also known asMCH3 · CMH-1 · ICE-LAP3

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Alias symbolsMCH3, CMH-1, ICE-LAP3

Previous namescaspase 7, apoptosis-related cysteine protease, caspase 7, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase

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.

Cataract

Neurodegenerative Diseases

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.

Caspases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.