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ELOVL4

Gene

ELOVL fatty acid elongase 4

HGNCHGNC:14415EnsemblENSG00000118402NCBI Gene6785
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6q14.1

Also known as

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

Also known asSTGD2 · STGD3 · SCA34 · CT118
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Previous symbolsSTGD2, STGD3, SCA34
Alias symbolsCT118
Previous namesspinocerebellar ataxia 34, elongation of very long chain fatty acids (FEN1/Elo2, SUR4/Elo3, yeast)-like 4
Alias namescancer/testis antigen 118

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.

Eye Diseases
Alcohol drinking
Rosacea

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.

ELOVL fatty acid elongase family

Provenance

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