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HSPB8

Gene

heat shock protein family B (small) member 8

HGNCHGNC:30171EnsemblENSG00000152137NCBI Gene26353
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 12q24.23

Also known as

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

Also known asH11 · E2IG1 · HSP22 · CMT2L
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Alias symbolsH11, E2IG1, HSP22, CMT2L
Previous namesheat shock 27kDa protein 8, heat shock 22kDa protein 8

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.

Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Male reproductive organ cancer
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

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.

Small heat shock proteins

Provenance

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