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ERVFRD-1

Gene

endogenous retrovirus group FRD member 1, envelope

HGNCHGNC:33823EnsemblENSG00000244476NCBI Gene405754
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p24.2

Also known as

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

Also known asHERV-W/FRD · HERV-FRD · envFRD · ERVFRDE1 · syncytin-2
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Alias symbolsHERV-W/FRD, HERV-FRD, envFRD, ERVFRDE1, syncytin-2
Previous namesendogenous retrovirus group FRD, member 1, endogenous retrovirus group FRD member 1
Alias namessyncytin 2

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.

Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Male reproductive organ cancer
Neoplasms
Actinic keratosis

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.

Envelope ERV derived 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.