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PIEZO1

Gene

piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (Er blood group)

HGNCHGNC:28993EnsemblENSG00000103335NCBI Gene9780
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 16q24.3

Also known as

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

Also known asFAM38A · KIAA0233
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Previous symbolsFAM38A
Alias symbolsKIAA0233
Previous namesfamily with sequence similarity 38, member A, piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1, piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1

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.

Non-immune hydrops fetalis
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Hydrops fetalis
Hypothyroidism

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.

Blood group antigensMicroRNA protein coding host genesPiezo type mechanosensitive ion channel components

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-11-02.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.