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FOXA1

Gene

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HGNCHGNC:5021EnsemblENSG00000129514NCBI Gene3169
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 14q21.1

Also known as

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

Also known asHNF3A
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Previous symbolsHNF3A
Previous nameshepatocyte nuclear factor 3, alpha

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.

Prostate adenocarcinoma
Breast adenocarcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Breast Neoplasms
Colorectal adenocarcinoma

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.

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Provenance

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