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POU5F1B

Gene

POU class 5 homeobox 1B

HGNCHGNC:9223EnsemblENSG00000212993NCBI Gene5462
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 8q24.21

Also known as

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

Also known asOTF3P1 · POU5F1P1 · OTF3C
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Previous symbolsOTF3P1, POU5F1P1
Alias symbolsOTF3C
Previous namesPOU domain class 5, transcription factor 1 pseudogene 1, POU class 5 homeobox 1 pseudogene 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.

Prostate carcinoma
Colorectal Neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Breast Neoplasms
Colon carcinoma
Benign prostatic hyperplasia

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 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.