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MUC3A

Gene

mucin 3A, cell surface associated

HGNCHGNC:7513EnsemblENSG00000169894NCBI Gene4584
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 7q22.1

Also known as

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

Also known asMUC3
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Previous symbolsMUC3
Previous namesmucin 3A, intestinal

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.

Hemorrhoid
Hair color
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Cholangiocarcinoma
Ovarian neoplasm
Colorectal 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.

Mucins

Provenance

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