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FOCAD

Gene

focadhesin

HGNCHGNC:23377EnsemblENSG00000188352NCBI Gene54914
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9p21.3

Also known as

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

Also known asFLJ20375
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Alias symbolsFLJ20375
Previous namesKIAA1797

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.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Placental abruption
Smoking initiation
Diabetes Mellitus
bone Paget's disease
Empyema, Pleural
Obesity disorder

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.

Armadillo like helical domain containingMicroRNA protein coding host genesSmall nucleolar RNA protein coding host 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.