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GAS6

Gene

growth arrest specific 6

HGNCHGNC:4168EnsemblENSG00000183087NCBI Gene2621
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 13q34

Also known as

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

Also known asAXLLG · AXSF · FLJ34709 · DKFZp666G247
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Previous symbolsAXLLG
Alias symbolsAXSF, FLJ34709, DKFZp666G247
Previous namesAXL receptor tyrosine kinase ligand
Alias namesAXL stimulatory factor

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.

Metabolic Diseases
Dengue
Hyperlipidemias
Alcohol drinking
Ovarian Neoplasms

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.

Gla domain containing

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-03-15.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.