Gene Expression: CNTF

Gene Data

  • Gene Symbol: CNTF
  • Gene ID: 1270
  • Synonyms: HCNTF
  • Description: ciliary neurotrophic factor
  • Database Refs: HGNC:2169, MIM:118945, Ensembl:ENSG00000242689, HPRD:00347, Vega:OTTHUMG00000137476
  • Links: Allen Brain Atlas,NCBI, GeneCards
Splicing Dynamics: DEXseq identifies changes in 0 out of 2 exons in this gene. (More about DEXSeq here)

Cluster Associations

This gene is associated with the following clusters:

Disease Associations

This gene is associated with the following diseases. Clicking on the disease will take you to the disease association entry for that disease.

This gene is associated with 51 diseases, scroll to view all:
  1. Age related macular degeneration
  2. Alzheimer's disease
  3. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  4. Anterior horn cell disease
  5. Basal ganglia disease
  6. Borderline glaucoma
  7. Brain disease
  8. Cardiovascular system disease
  9. Central nervous system disease
  10. Central nervous system hereditary degene
  11. Cognitive disease
  12. Degeneration of macula and posterior pol
  13. Dementia
  14. Demyelinating disease
  15. Diabetic neuropathy
  16. Disease
  17. Disease of anatomical entity
  18. Disease of mental health
  19. Encephalomyelitis
  20. Eye and adnexa disease
  21. Eye disease
  22. Glaucoma
  23. Globe disease
  24. Huntington's disease
  25. Macular degeneration
  26. Motor neuron disease
  27. Multiple sclerosis
  28. Muscle tissue disease
  29. Muscular atrophy
  30. Muscular disease
  31. Musculoskeletal system disease
  32. Myopathy
  33. Neoplasm of autonomic nervous system
  34. Nerve sheath tumors
  35. Nervous system cancer
  36. Nervous system disease
  37. Neurilemmoma
  38. Neuroblastoma
  39. Neurodegenerative disease
  40. Neuroma
  41. Neuromuscular disease
  42. Neuropathy
  43. Ocular hypertension
  44. Parkinson's disease
  45. Peripheral nervous system neoplasm
  46. Retinal degeneration
  47. Retinal disease
  48. Retinitis pigmentosa
  49. Sensory system disease
  50. Tauopathy
  51. Vascular disease

Stage Associations

This gene is associated with the following stages: