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PRL

Gene

prolactin

HGNCHGNC:9445EnsemblENSG00000172179NCBI Gene5617
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p22.3

Also known as

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

Also known aspPRL
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Alias symbolspPRL
Alias namesprolactin peptide, luteotropin, luteotropic hormone

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.

Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
Basal cell carcinoma
Hypertension
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Colitis, Ulcerative
Essential Hypertension
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic

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.

Growth hormone familyNeuropeptides

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2025-10-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.