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PPDPF

Gene

pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor

HGNCHGNC:16142EnsemblENSG00000125534NCBI Gene79144
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 20q13.33

Also known as

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

Also known asC20orf149 · dJ697K14.9 · exdpf
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Previous symbolsC20orf149
Alias symbolsdJ697K14.9, exdpf
Previous namespancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor homolog (zebrafish), chromosome 20 open reading frame 149
Alias namesexocrine differentiation and proliferation factor

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.

Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Lung Neoplasms
Lung carcinoma
Ovarian carcinoma
Ovarian Neoplasms
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty Liver

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.

Provenance

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