CDHR5

Gene

cadherin related family member 5

HGNCHGNC:7521 EnsemblENSG00000099834 NCBI Gene53841

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11p15.5

Also known as

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

Also known asMUPCDH · MUCDHL · FLJ20219 · MU-PCDH

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Previous symbolsMUPCDH, MUCDHL

Alias symbolsFLJ20219, MU-PCDH

Previous namesmucin and cadherin-like, mucin-like protocadherin, cadherin-related family member 5

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.

Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant

Scleroderma, Systemic

Myositis

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.

Cadherin related

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.