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KIF15

Gene

kinesin family member 15

HGNCHGNC:17273EnsemblENSG00000163808NCBI Gene56992
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3p21.31

Also known as

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

Also known asKNSL7 · HKLP2 · NY-BR-62
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Previous symbolsKNSL7
Alias symbolsHKLP2, NY-BR-62
Previous nameskinesin-like 7

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.

Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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.

Kinesins

Provenance

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