Gene Expression: SLC1A2

Gene Data

  • Gene Symbol: SLC1A2
  • Gene ID: 6506
  • Synonyms: EAAT2, GLT-1
  • Description: solute carrier family 1 (glial high affinity glutamate transporter), member 2
  • Database Refs: HGNC:10940, MIM:600300, Ensembl:ENSG00000110436, HPRD:02625, Vega:OTTHUMG00000044391
  • Links: Allen Brain Atlas,NCBI, GeneCards
Splicing Dynamics: DEXseq identifies changes in 0 out of 16 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 40 diseases, scroll to view all:
  1. Absence epilepsy
  2. Alzheimer's disease
  3. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  4. Anterior horn cell disease
  5. Brain disease
  6. Brain edema
  7. Brain hypoxia-Ischemia
  8. Brain ischemia
  9. Cardiovascular system disease
  10. Central nervous system disease
  11. Central nervous system hereditary degene
  12. Cerebral artery occlusion
  13. Cerebrovascular accident
  14. Cerebrovascular disease
  15. Cognitive disease
  16. Dementia
  17. Disease
  18. Disease of anatomical entity
  19. Disease of mental health
  20. Epilepsy
  21. Hepatic encephalopathy
  22. Huntington's disease
  23. Ischemia
  24. Morphine dependence
  25. Motor neuron disease
  26. Muscle tissue disease
  27. Muscular disease
  28. Musculoskeletal system disease
  29. Myopathy
  30. Nervous system disease
  31. Neurodegenerative disease
  32. Neuromuscular disease
  33. Neuropathy
  34. Opiate addiction
  35. Psychotic disease
  36. Schizophrenia
  37. Tauopathy
  38. Toxic encephalopathy
  39. Vascular disease
  40. Wernicke encephalopathy

Stage Associations

This gene is associated with the following stages: