MUC5AC

Gene

mucin 5AC, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming

HGNCHGNC:7515 EnsemblENSG00000215182 NCBI Gene4586

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11p15.5

Also known as

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

Also known asMUC5

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Alias symbolsMUC5

Previous namesmucin 5, subtypes A and C, tracheobronchial/gastric

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.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pneumonia

Asthma

Pneumonia, Bacterial

Respiratory Tract Diseases

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.