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FOXE1

Gene

forkhead box E1

HGNCHGNC:3806EnsemblENSG00000178919NCBI Gene2304
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9q22.33

Also known as

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

Also known asFKHL15 · TITF2 · FOXE2 · TTF-2 · HFKH4
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Previous symbolsFKHL15, TITF2, FOXE2
Alias symbolsTTF-2, HFKH4
Previous namesforkhead box E1 (thyroid transcription factor 2), forkhead box E2
Alias namesthyroid transcription factor 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.

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular
Thyroid gland carcinoma
Hypothyroidism
Congenital Hypothyroidism
Thyroid Diseases
Cleft Palate

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.

Forkhead boxes

Provenance

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