TFRC

Gene

transferrin receptor

HGNCHGNC:11763 EnsemblENSG00000072274 NCBI Gene7037

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3q29

Also known as

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

Also known asCD71 · TFR1 · p90

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Alias symbolsCD71, TFR1, p90

Previous namestransferrin receptor (p90, CD71)

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.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Mucopolysaccharidosis II

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetic Retinopathy

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Prostate adenocarcinoma

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

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.

CD moleculesM28 metallopeptidases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.