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VTN

Gene

vitronectin

HGNCHGNC:12724EnsemblENSG00000109072NCBI Gene7448
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 17q11.2

Also known as

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

Also known asVN
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Alias symbolsVN
Previous namesvitronectin (serum spreading factor, somatomedin B, complement S-protein)
Alias namesserum spreading factor, somatomedin B, complement S-protein

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.

Hypertension
Dengue
Temporal arteritis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Macular Degeneration
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
COVID-19
Autoimmune disorder of central nervous system
Wet macular degeneration

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.

Receptor ligandsComplement system regulators and receptors

Provenance

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