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EFNA5

Gene

ephrin A5

HGNCHGNC:3225EnsemblENSG00000184349NCBI Gene1946
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 5q21.3

Also known as

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

Also known asEPLG7 · AF1 · LERK7
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Previous symbolsEPLG7
Alias symbolsAF1, LERK7
Previous namesephrin-A5
Alias namesEPH-related receptor tyrosine kinase ligand 7

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
Schizophrenia
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Atrial Fibrillation
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Intelligence
Coronary Artery Disease
Smoking behavior

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.

Ephrins

Provenance

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