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SNAI2

Gene

snail family transcriptional repressor 2

HGNCHGNC:11094EnsemblENSG00000019549NCBI Gene6591
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 8q11.21

Also known as

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

Also known asSLUG · SLUGH1 · SNAIL2 · SLUGH
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Previous symbolsSLUG
Alias symbolsSLUGH1, SNAIL2, SLUGH
Previous namesslug homolog, zinc finger protein (chicken), snail homolog 2 (Drosophila), snail family zinc finger 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.

Piebaldism
Retinal Degeneration
Alcohol drinking
Placental abruption
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

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.

Zinc fingers C2H2-typeSNAG transcriptional repressors

Provenance

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