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CHN1

Gene

chimerin 1

HGNCHGNC:1943EnsemblENSG00000128656NCBI Gene1123
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 2q31.1

Also known as

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

Also known asCHN · DURS2 · RhoGAP2 · ARHGAP2 · n-chimerin
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Previous symbolsCHN, DURS2
Alias symbolsRhoGAP2, ARHGAP2, n-chimerin
Previous namesDuane retraction syndrome 2, chimerin (chimaerin) 1
Alias namesChimerin 1 (GTPase-activating protein, rho, 2), chimaerin 1

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.

Smoking initiation
Heart Arrest
Multiple Sclerosis
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Ovarian neoplasm

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.

Rho GTPase activating proteinsSH2 domain containing

Provenance

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