KCNJ4

Gene

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 4

HGNCHGNC:6265 EnsemblENSG00000168135 NCBI Gene3761

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 22q13.1

Also known as

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

Also known asKir2.3 · HIR · HRK1 · hIRK2 · IRK3

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Alias symbolsKir2.3, HIR, HRK1, hIRK2, IRK3

Previous namespotassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 4

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.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Familial prostate cancer

Prostatic Neoplasms

Paraproteinemias

Glioblastoma

Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Astrocytoma

Oligodendroglioma

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.

Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.