MUC6

Gene

mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming (gene/pseudogene)

HGNCHGNC:7517 EnsemblENSG00000184956 NCBI Gene4588

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 asMUC-6

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Alias symbolsMUC-6

Previous namesmucin 6, gastric, mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming

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.

Peptic ulcer disease

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic

Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Respiratory Tract Diseases

Squamous cell lung carcinoma

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

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 2024-09-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.