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NKX2-8

Gene

NK2 homeobox 8

HGNCHGNC:16364EnsemblENSG00000136327NCBI Gene26257
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 14q13.3

Also known as

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

Also known asNKX2H · NKX2.8 · Nkx2-9
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Previous symbolsNKX2H
Alias symbolsNKX2.8, Nkx2-9
Previous namesNK-2 homolog H (Drosophila), NK2 transcription factor related, locus 8 (Drosophila)

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.

Intelligence
Prostate carcinoma
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Neoplasms
Kartagener Syndrome
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Lung carcinoma

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.

NKL subclass homeoboxes and pseudogenes

Provenance

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