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VANGL1

Gene

VANGL planar cell polarity protein 1

HGNCHGNC:15512EnsemblENSG00000173218NCBI Gene81839
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 1p13.1

Also known as

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

Also known asSTB2
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Alias symbolsSTB2
Previous namesvang (van gogh, Drosophila)-like 1, vang, van gogh-like 1 (Drosophila), vang-like 1 (van gogh, Drosophila)

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.

Hypothyroidism
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Neural Tube Defects
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Keratoconus

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.