CTAG1B

Gene

cancer/testis antigen 1B

HGNCHGNC:2491 EnsemblENSG00000184033 NCBI Gene1485

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: Xq28

Also known as

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

Also known asCTAG · CTAG1 · NY-ESO-1 · LAGE2B · LAGE2A · ESO1 · CT6.1

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Previous symbolsCTAG, CTAG1

Alias symbolsNY-ESO-1, LAGE2B, LAGE2A, ESO1, CT6.1

Previous namescancer/testis antigen 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.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neoplasms

Melanoma

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

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.

Proteins encoded by multiple genes

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.