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HEG1

Gene

heart development protein with EGF like domains 1

HGNCHGNC:29227EnsemblENSG00000173706NCBI Gene57493
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3q21.2

Also known as

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

Also known asKIAA1237 · HEG
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Alias symbolsKIAA1237, HEG
Previous namesHEG homolog 1 (zebrafish), heart development protein with EGF-like domains 1
Alias namesheart of glass

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.

Bladder calculus
Nephrolithiasis
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Neoplasms
Mesothelioma
Rare familial disorder with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic

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.

Provenance

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