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NCAM2

Gene

neural cell adhesion molecule 2

HGNCHGNC:7657EnsemblENSG00000154654NCBI Gene4685
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 21q21.1

Also known as

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

Also known asNCAM21 · MGC51008
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Alias symbolsNCAM21, MGC51008

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.

Smoking initiation
Parasitic Diseases
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Venous Thromboembolism

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.

Fibronectin type III domain containingI-set domain containingIg-like cell adhesion molecule family

Provenance

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