POU2F2

Gene

POU class 2 homeobox 2

HGNCHGNC:9213 EnsemblENSG00000028277 NCBI Gene5452

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 19q13.2

Also known as

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

Also known asOTF2 · OCT2

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Previous symbolsOTF2

Alias symbolsOCT2

Previous namesPOU domain class 2, transcription factor 2

Alias namesoctamer-binding transcription factor 2

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.

Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse

Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Lung carcinoma

Lung Neoplasms

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.

POU class homeoboxes and pseudogenesMicroRNA protein coding host genes

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.