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H2BC18

Gene

H2B clustered histone 18

HGNCHGNC:24700EnsemblENSG00000203814NCBI Gene440689
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 1q21.2

Also known as

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

Also known asHIST2H2BF
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Previous symbolsHIST2H2BF
Previous nameshistone 2, H2bf, histone cluster 2, H2bf, histone cluster 2 H2B family member f

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.

Communicable Diseases
Virus Diseases
Dengue
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

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.

H2B histones

Provenance

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