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SLC22A5

Gene

solute carrier family 22 member 5

HGNCHGNC:10969EnsemblENSG00000197375NCBI Gene6584
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 5q31.1

Also known as

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

Also known asCDSP · OCTN2 · SCD
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Previous symbolsCDSP
Alias symbolsOCTN2, SCD
Previous namessolute carrier family 22 (organic cation/carnitine transporter), member 5, carnitine deficiency, systemic primary
Alias namesorganic cation/carnitine transporter 2, systemic carnitine deficiency

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.

Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Asthma
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Crohn's Disease
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Congenital myasthenic syndromes

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.

Solute carrier family 22

Provenance

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