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DNASE2B

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Also known as DLAD

Summary

DNASE2B (deoxyribonuclease 2 beta, HGNC:28875) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 1p31.1-p22.3, encoding Deoxyribonuclease-2-beta (Q8WZ79). Hydrolyzes DNA under acidic conditions.

The protein encoded by this gene shares considerable sequence similarity to, and is structurally related to DNase II. The latter is a well characterized endonuclease that catalyzes DNA hydrolysis in the absence of divalent cations at acidic pH. Unlike DNase II which is ubiquitously expressed, expression of this gene product is restricted to the salivary gland and lungs. The gene has been localized to chromosome 1p22.3 adjacent (and in opposite orientation) to the uricase pseudogene. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 58511 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 36 total
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 13 tissues, sQTL in 2 (q < 0.05)
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 0.00 (LoF-tolerant), LOEUF 1.21 (unconstrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_021233

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:28875
Approved symbolDNASE2B
Namedeoxyribonuclease 2 beta
Location1p31.1-p22.3
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesDLAD
Ensembl geneENSG00000137976
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM608057
Entrez58511

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 3 — 3 protein_coding

MANE Select: ENST00000370665

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 2

ENST00000370665, ENST00000370662, ENST00001145435

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_021233 NM_021233, NM_058248

CCDS: CCDS44167, CCDS694

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000370665 — 6 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000016323628440190184402078
ENSE000017251728440843784408518
ENSE000018901368441452884415018
ENSE000023079218439848484398689
ENSE000036164558441083884410999
ENSE000036776068441234984412546

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 116 present calls, max score 85.06.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth tissue_specific, TPM avg 2.2175 / max 550.4932, expressed in 127 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): parotid gland, male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis, saliva-secreting gland, minor salivary gland, gastrocnemius.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

DNASE2B is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 13 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 2 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

15 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Prostateeqtl7.3e-30-0.621:84403370:A:T
Stomacheqtl4.1e-26-0.411:84420612:T:A
Spleeneqtl1.2e-08+0.421:84408934:C:T
Minor Salivary Glandeqtl1.5e-08-0.361:84403370:A:T
Brain Nucleus accumbens basal gangliaeqtl2.1e-08+1.351:84402249:C:T
Pituitaryeqtl7.6e-08-0.391:84408152:A:G
Pancreaseqtl4.0e-06-0.371:84403370:A:T
Testiseqtl2.5e-03-0.821:84308650:GCTTT:G
Artery Aortaeqtl3.3e-03-0.251:84415988:C:T
Breast Mammary Tissueeqtl8.2e-03-0.241:84403985:T:C
Muscle Skeletaleqtl1.3e-02-0.131:84458496:A:T
Testissqtl1.7e-02+1.621:84382544:A:G
Brain Caudate basal gangliaeqtl2.2e-02-0.271:84810967:T:C
Muscle Skeletalsqtl2.2e-02+1.131:83978493:T:A
Brain Cerebellumeqtl2.5e-02+0.411:84479751:T:C

FANTOM5 promoters

5 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
37971.5777109
37930.397063
37940.099044
37960.079637
37950.064230

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 253 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
parotid glandUBERON:000183185.06gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047383.71gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104470.84gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183065.29gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138862.14gold quality
mouth mucosaUBERON:000372962.02gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138360.53gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216759.64gold quality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499159.00gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895257.73gold quality
muscle organUBERON:000163057.57gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425256.69gold quality
upper lobe of lungUBERON:000894856.45gold quality
prostate glandUBERON:000236754.49gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188253.92gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237253.73gold quality
rectumUBERON:000105252.51gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002952.39gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538652.34gold quality
lungUBERON:000204851.97gold quality
ileal mucosaUBERON:000033151.72silver quality
deltoidUBERON:000147650.73gold quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646950.60gold quality
skeletal muscle tissueUBERON:000113450.54gold quality
muscle tissueUBERON:000238550.24gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211050.21gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354049.95gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000649.89gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045149.73gold quality
spinal cordUBERON:000224049.70gold quality
quadriceps femorisUBERON:000137749.35gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 46UBERON:000648349.30gold quality
cervix squamous epitheliumUBERON:000692249.20gold quality
hair follicleUBERON:000207349.18gold quality
body of stomachUBERON:000116149.08gold quality
olfactory bulbUBERON:000226448.92gold quality
myocardiumUBERON:000234948.87gold quality
type B pancreatic cellCL:000016948.83gold quality
cardiac muscle of right atriumUBERON:000337948.55gold quality
CA1 field of hippocampusUBERON:000388148.50gold quality
cerebellar vermisUBERON:000472048.32gold quality
vastus lateralisUBERON:000137948.25gold quality
left ventricle myocardiumUBERON:000656648.24gold quality
epithelial cell of pancreasCL:000008348.22gold quality
orbitofrontal cortexUBERON:000416748.20gold quality
thymusUBERON:000237048.15gold quality
upper arm skinUBERON:000426348.06gold quality
cervix epitheliumUBERON:000480148.04gold quality
oviduct epitheliumUBERON:000480448.00gold quality
visceral pleuraUBERON:000240147.99silver quality
tongue squamous epitheliumUBERON:000691947.92gold quality
mucosa of urinary bladderUBERON:000125947.80gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187347.61gold quality
metanephric glomerulusUBERON:000473647.45gold quality
kidney epitheliumUBERON:000481947.39gold quality
nephron tubuleUBERON:000123147.30gold quality
diaphragmUBERON:000110347.05gold quality
gluteal muscleUBERON:000200047.03gold quality
triceps brachiiUBERON:000150947.01gold quality
nasal cavity mucosaUBERON:000182646.98gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983446.92gold quality
transverse colonUBERON:000115746.65gold quality
stomachUBERON:000094546.63gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203846.38gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187446.37gold quality
frontal cortexUBERON:000187046.30gold quality
telencephalonUBERON:000189345.94gold quality
layer of synovial tissueUBERON:000761645.76gold quality
midbrainUBERON:000189145.67gold quality
neocortexUBERON:000195045.63gold quality
nasal cavity epitheliumUBERON:000538445.61gold quality
tibiaUBERON:000097945.57silver quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189845.53gold quality
fundus of stomachUBERON:000116045.43gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582745.34gold quality
spleenUBERON:000210645.26gold quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095645.23gold quality
forebrainUBERON:000189045.03gold quality
cingulate cortexUBERON:000302744.83gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983544.81gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281044.41gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187644.36gold quality
brainUBERON:000095544.25gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195444.09gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219043.52gold quality
skin of hipUBERON:000155443.47silver quality
squamous epitheliumUBERON:000691443.42gold quality
skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominisUBERON:000451143.37gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123343.19gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225542.98silver quality
epithelium of esophagusUBERON:000197642.87gold quality
pancreatic ductal cellCL:000207942.82silver quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209242.82gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234542.75gold quality
epithelium of bronchusUBERON:000203142.70gold quality
bronchusUBERON:000218542.58gold quality
secondary oocyteCL:000065542.57gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009442.21silver quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187142.11gold quality
cartilage tissueUBERON:000241842.04gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes6.41

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Tissue enriched

51 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPM
Salivary glandtissue160.3
Prostatetissue6.3
Lungtissue2.3
Nucleus accumbenstissue0.9
Pancreastissue0.7
Lymph nodetissue0.6
Skeletal muscletissue0.6
Rectumtissue0.5
Basal gangliatissue0.5
Postcentral gyrustissue0.5
Breasttissue0.4
Testistissue0.4
Colontissue0.4
Putamentissue0.4
Hippocampal formationtissue0.4
Ventral forebraintissue0.4
Pituitary glandtissue0.3
Stomach 1tissue0.3
Amygdalatissue0.3
Livertissue0.3
Gallbladdertissue0.3
Locus coeruleustissue0.3
Hippocampustissue0.3
Entorhinal cortextissue0.3
Septumtissue0.3
Cervixtissue0.2
Cerebral cortextissue0.2
Ponstissue0.2
Adipose tissuetissue0.2
Motor cortextissue0.2
Tonguetissue0.2
Hypothalamustissue0.2
Spleentissue0.2
Thymustissue0.2
Retrosplenial and cingulate cortextissue0.2
Retrosplenial cortextissue0.2
Temporal cortextissue0.2
Insular cortextissue0.2
Prefrontal cortextissue0.1
Midbraintissue0.1
Medulla oblongatatissue0.1
Thalamustissue0.1
Superior colliculitissue0.1
Cerebellumtissue0.1
Substantia nigratissue0.1
Thyroid glandtissue0.1
Spinal cordtissue0.1
Corpus callosumtissue0.1
Tonsiltissue0.1
Periaqueductal graytissue0.1
Occipital cortextissue0.1

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 188; highest nTPM — Arcuate nucleus (1.7), Lateral funiculus (white matter) (1.4), Parieto-temporal junction (white matter) (1.1), Corpus callosum, genu (white matter) (0.9), Corpus callosum, splenium (white matter) (0.9).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): HSF4, TBX15

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

Targeting DNASE2B by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific).

17 miRNAs:

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-340-5P100.0072.504437
HSA-MIR-513A-5P100.0069.772465
HSA-MIR-4650-5P99.9864.69999
HSA-MIR-430799.8270.453374
HSA-MIR-33A-3P99.7070.273362
HSA-MIR-65799.4866.02848
HSA-MIR-142-5P99.4870.922416
HSA-MIR-5590-3P99.4870.912429
HSA-MIR-1245B-5P98.8866.55576
HSA-MIR-314298.8866.09529
HSA-MIR-4712-3P98.5265.39822
HSA-MIR-3689A-5P98.3570.121049
HSA-MIR-3689B-5P98.3570.121049
HSA-MIR-3689E98.3570.121049
HSA-MIR-3689F98.3570.081052
HSA-MIR-366597.7365.08975
HSA-MIR-3667-5P97.1664.87591

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 2.43e-14, LOEUF 1.21, missense Z 0.677 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000370665 — one region, missense o/e 0.95.

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 3)

  • gene lie head-to-head with the urate oxidase gene (PMID:11700027)
  • These data identify DNase 2 as the predominant DNase on the mammalian skin surface and indicate that its activity is primarily targeted to exogenous DNA. (PMID:21390259)
  • HSF4 exerts its function on lens differentiation via positive regulation of DLAD expression. (PMID:23507146)

Cross-species orthologs

7 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriodnase2bENSDARG00000077918
mus_musculusDnase2bENSMUSG00000028185
rattus_norvegicusDnase2bENSRNOG00000016262
drosophila_melanogasterDNaseIIFBGN0000477
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00000799
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00003828
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00007056

Paralogs (1): DNASE2 (ENSG00000105612)

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:1913283) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 5 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
decreased bone mineral density1
cataract1
increased circulating HDL cholesterol level1
abnormal vision1
abnormal eye electrophysiology1

Additional cross-species homologs

Sequence homologs in species beyond Ensembl Compara’s model organisms, by Diamond local protein alignment (% sequence identity; best hit per species). Lower-identity rows are more distant homologs. The matched accessions’ gene symbols aren’t in biobtree yet, so each row shows the UniProt accession.

OrganismUniProtIdentityMethod
Sus scrofaO6285582.6%Diamond
Bos taurusP5654182.6%Diamond
Acanthaster planciQ75WF240.9%Diamond

Genomic neighbors (locus context)

Genes flanking this one on the chromosome (NCBI/Entrez gene neighborhood). Positional context only — some neighbors share regulatory elements (bidirectional promoters, antisense/overlapping transcripts), but chromosomal adjacency is not itself a functional relationship (see Interactions for that).

SymbolTypeEntrez
LINC01461ncRNA103695366
CTBSprotein-coding1486
GNG5protein-coding2787
RPF1protein-coding80135
SPATA1protein-coding100505741
SAMD13protein-coding148418

Protein

Protein identifiers

Deoxyribonuclease-2-beta — Q8WZ79 (reviewed: Q8WZ79)

Alternative names: DNase II-like acid DNase, DNase2-like acid DNase, Deoxyribonuclease II beta, Endonuclease DLAD

All UniProt accessions (1): Q8WZ79

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Hydrolyzes DNA under acidic conditions. Does not require divalent cations for activity. Participates in the degradation of nuclear DNA during lens cell differentiation.

Subcellular location. Lysosome.

Tissue specificity. Highly expressed in the eye lens and in salivary gland. Detected at lower levels in lung, prostate and lymph node. Isoform 2 is lung specific.

Similarity. Belongs to the DNase II family.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q8WZ79-11yes
Q8WZ79-22

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_067056, NP_490649 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR004947DNase_IIFamily

Pfam: PF03265

Enzyme classification (BRENDA)

  • EC 3.1.22.1 — deoxyribonuclease II (BRENDA: 30 organisms, 69 substrates, 60 inhibitors, 6 Km, 6 kcat entries)

Substrate kinetics (BRENDA)

1 substrates with measured Km, best-characterized 1. Km ranges are aggregated across organisms/conditions.

SubstrateKm (mM)Measurements
SUPERCOILED PLASMID DNA—6

UniProt features (10 total): glycosylation site 4, sequence variant 3, signal peptide 1, chain 1, splice variant 1

Structure

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q8WZ79-F191.220.82

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: Enzymes, ENZYME proteins, Hydrolases, Predicted intracellular proteins, UniProt - Evidence at transcript level

Protein evidence: Evidence at transcript level

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Glycosylation sites (4)

TypePositions
N-linked (glcnac…) asparagine81, 103, 119, 278

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 curated (TAS) of 0; 0 disease pathways. Curated-first; evidence = TAS (manually curated) vs IEA (electronic inference).

MSigDB gene sets: 85 (showing top): GOMF_ENDONUCLEASE_ACTIVITY, HNF3ALPHA_Q6, GOMF_NUCLEASE_ACTIVITY, GOBP_MACROMOLECULE_CATABOLIC_PROCESS, KEGG_LYSOSOME, ACEVEDO_LIVER_CANCER_WITH_H3K27ME3_UP, GOBP_DNA_CATABOLIC_PROCESS, TGCTGAY_UNKNOWN, INGRAM_SHH_TARGETS_UP, RYTTCCTG_ETS2_B, YY1_01, AML1_01, GOBP_APOPTOTIC_DNA_FRAGMENTATION, GOBP_EXECUTION_PHASE_OF_APOPTOSIS, NKX3A_01

GO Biological Process (2): apoptotic DNA fragmentation (GO:0006309), DNA metabolic process (GO:0006259)

GO Molecular Function (5): deoxyribonuclease II activity (GO:0004531), nuclease activity (GO:0004518), endonuclease activity (GO:0004519), DNA endonuclease activity (GO:0004520), hydrolase activity (GO:0016787)

GO Cellular Component (3): extracellular region (GO:0005576), lysosome (GO:0005764), cytoplasm (GO:0005737)

GO top-level categories

12 GO namespaces:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure2
DNA catabolic process1
apoptotic nuclear changes1
nucleic acid metabolic process1
DNA endonuclease activity, producing 3’-phosphomonoesters1
catalytic activity, acting on a nucleic acid1
nuclease activity1
endonuclease activity1
DNA nuclease activity1
catalytic activity1
lytic vacuole1
intracellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

showing 15 of 639 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
DNASE2BDNASE1L1P49184632
DNASE2BBFSP1Q12934505
DNASE2BCRYGSP22914500
DNASE2BDNASE1L2Q92874478
DNASE2BSOWAHAQ2M3V2464
DNASE2BCRYGAP11844462
DNASE2BLENEPQ9Y5L5452
DNASE2BLGSNQ5TDP6445
DNASE2BENTREP1Q15884442
DNASE2BFOXE3Q13461440
DNASE2BTDRD7Q8NHU6437
DNASE2BCRYBA2P53672434
DNASE2BBFSP2Q13515424
DNASE2BHSF4Q9ULV5418
DNASE2BGRIFINA4D1Z8408

IntAct

Human interaction partners of DNASE2B in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

3 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
ARSAassociation0.5301
HEXAassociation0.3501
LRP5association0.3501

BioGRID (79 interactions; top human partners by supporting records): FUT11 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), GALNS (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), GPR98 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), IL17RA (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), PPP2R5D (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), PPP2R5E (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), SUCO (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), TMEM132A (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), TOR3A (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), TRAPPC2 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), WIPI1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), YTHDF1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), AMD1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), ARSA (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), CERCAM (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records)

SIGNOR signaling

1 signaling interactions:

AEffectBMechanism
HSF4“up-regulates quantity by expression”DNASE2B“transcriptional regulation”

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for DNASE2B: 36 ClinVar records (0 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 1 GWAS association.

ClinVar

36 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance35
Likely benign0
Benign0

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 19 predictions of 520):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
1:84398592donor_gain0.9900
1:84412334acceptor_gain0.9900
1:84412341acceptor_gain0.9900
1:84412502donor_gain0.9900
1:84414520acceptor_gain0.9900
1:84412347–84412348acceptor_loss0.98005
1:84412547–84412548donor_loss0.98006
1:84398538donor_gain0.9700
1:84398584donor_gain0.9700
1:84410996donor_gain0.9700

AlphaMissense

516 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 2,363 scored), across 134 residues. Top 20 hotspot residues, ranked by the number of likely-pathogenic substitutions (of those reachable by a single-nucleotide change), then by mean score:

ResidueLikely-pathogenic substitutionsMean am_pathogenicityMax am_pathogenicity
D30480.9210.968
H30580.8700.931
D11280.8480.921
H12680.8410.927
D32480.8330.918
D24980.8090.911
C17170.9440.974
C34070.9420.974
C32170.9390.972
F14870.9280.975
C3270.9190.957
C27970.8990.943
W26870.8980.968
W30870.8920.983
N32670.8770.966
F4370.8610.968
C36070.8450.896
N11170.8110.966
D4170.6710.791
K12860.9420.991

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Group enriched (Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Skin Cutaneous Melanoma)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:608057 | disease phenotypes:

GWAS associations

1 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST001325_9Response to hepatitis C treatment7e-6

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (CPIC guideline: no)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

7 total (human), top 7 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Benzo(a)pyrenedecreases expression2
bisphenol Adecreases methylation1
CGP 52608affects binding, increases reaction1
theaflavin-3,3’-digallateaffects expression1
Dihydrotestosteroneincreases expression1
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxindecreases expression1
Aflatoxin B1decreases methylation1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

Via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

  • Disease cohort memberships (association, not causation — diseases whose associated-gene cohort lists this gene; a subset are also under Associated diseases): chronic hepatitis C virus infection