AFP - alpha fetoprotein Gene
Also Known as AFPD; FETA; HPAFP
Species: Homo sapiens
About AFP
This gene has 7 transcripts (splice variants), 142 orthologues, 3 paralogues and is associated with 4 phenotypes. Biased expression in kidney (RPKM 1.8) and liver (RPKM 1.6).
Summary
This gene encodes alpha-fetoprotein, a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal life. Alpha-fetoprotein expression in adults is often associated with hepatocarcinoma and with teratoma, and has prognostic value for managing advanced gastric Cancer. However, hereditary persistance of alpha-fetoprotein may also be found in individuals with no obvious pathology. The protein is thought to be the fetal counterpart of serum albumin, and the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes are present in tandem in the same transcriptional orientation on chromosome 4. Alpha-fetoprotein is found in monomeric as well as dimeric and trimeric forms, and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin. The level of alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid is used to measure renal loss of protein to screen for spina bifida and anencephaly. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2019]
AFP Products (2)
| mRNA | Protein | Name |
|---|---|---|
| NM_001134.3 | NP_001125.1 | alpha-fetoprotein isoform 1 precursor |
| NM_001354717.2 | NP_001341646.2 | alpha-fetoprotein isoform 2 |
| Molecular Function GO Annotation | Evidence | References | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enables protein binding |
IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
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26808496 | GOA |
AFP Protein Structure
Serum_albumin: Serum albumin family (30 - 202)
Serum_albumin: Serum albumin family (221 - 394)
Serum_albumin: Serum albumin family (413 - 592)
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| Protein Preferred Names | Protein Names | |
|---|---|---|
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alpha-fetoprotein |
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Recombinant AFP Proteins
| Cat. No. | Product Name | Accession | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HY-P7463 | Alpha-Fetoprotein Protein, Human (HEK293, His) | P02771 (T20-V609) | ≥ 95%, as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE. |
AFP Antibodies
| Cat. No. | Product Name | Application | Reactivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HY-P81077 | AFP Antibody (YA914) | WB, ELISA, IHC-P, IHC-F, ICC/IF | Human, Rat, |
| HY-P81078 | AFP Antibody (YA915) | WB, IHC-P, ICC/IF, FC | Human |
| HY-P83929 | AFP Antibody (YA3626) | WB, ELISA | Human |
| HY-P83929A | AFP Antibody (YA3626)(PBS only) | WB, ELISA | Human |
| HY-P83930 | AFP Antibody (YA3627) | IHC-P, FC, ELISA | Human |
| HY-P83930A | AFP Antibody (YA3627)(PBS only) | IHC-P, FC, ELISA | Human |
| HY-P85793 | AFP Antibody (YA5485) | WB, ICC/IF, ELISA | Human, Mouse, Rat |
| HY-P86117 | AFP Antibody (YA5809) | WB, IHC-P, ICC/IF, IP, ELISA | Human, Mouse, Rat |
Related Diseases
| Diseases | Alias | |
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| Alpha-Fetoprotein Deficiency |
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| Alpha-Fetoprotein, Hereditary Persistence Of |
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| Teratoma |
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| Endodermal Sinus Tumor |
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| Germinoma |
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| Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Seminoma |
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| Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor |
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| Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor |
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| Benign Teratoma |
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| Embryonal Carcinoma |
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| Hydrocele |
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| Extragonadal Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Liver Cirrhosis |
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| Viral Hepatitis |
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| Testicular Cancer |
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| Ovarian Mixed Germ Cell Neoplasm |
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| Orofaciodigital Syndrome Viii |
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| Liver Disease |
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| Chromosomal Disease |
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| Neural Tube Defects |
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| Malignant Teratoma |
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| Tyrosinemia, Type I |
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| Anencephaly |
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| Mature Teratoma |
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| Hepatitis B |
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| Mixed Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Oligohydramnios |
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| Hepatitis |
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| Portal Vein Thrombosis |
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| Bile Duct Cancer |
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| Tyrosinemia |
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| Cystic Teratoma |
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| Ovarian Cyst |
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| Placenta Disease |
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| Ovarian Primitive Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Ovarian Endodermal Sinus Tumor |
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| Mediastinal Cancer |
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| Gastric Teratoma |
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| Hepatitis C |
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| Hepatoblastoma |
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| Chorioangioma |
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| Intermediate Malignant Teratoma |
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| Adult Teratoma |
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| Choriocarcinoma Of The Testis |
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| Vaginal Yolk Sac Tumor |
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| Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma |
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| Acinar Cell Carcinoma |
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| Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma |
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| Dysgerminoma |
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| Mature Gastric Teratoma |
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| Extragonadal Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Dermoid Cyst Of Ovary |
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| Liver Inflammatory Pseudotumor |
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| Childhood Testicular Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Adenomatoid Tumor |
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| Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding |
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| Placenta Accreta |
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| Tubular Adenocarcinoma |
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| Down Syndrome |
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| Pineal Region Teratoma |
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| Premature Menopause |
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| Sertoli Cell Tumor |
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| Hepatic Vascular Disease |
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| Vein Disease |
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| Liver Lipoma |
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| Mixed Type Rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| Brain Germinoma |
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| Pancreatoblastoma |
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| Hepatic Angiomyolipoma |
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| Extragonadal Seminoma |
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| Leydig Cell Tumor |
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| Hepatitis A |
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| Mixed Hepatoblastoma |
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| Dysgerminoma Of Ovary |
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| Classic Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma |
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| Fallopian Tube Cystadenofibroma |
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| Hepatic Osteogenic Sarcoma |
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| Malignant Pineal Area Germ Cell Neoplasm |
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| Bile Duct Cystadenocarcinoma |
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| Omphalocele |
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| Spina Bifida Aperta |
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| Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis |
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| Fibrolamellar Carcinoma |
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| Pancreatic Endocrine Carcinoma |
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| Ectopic Pregnancy |
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| Cystic Lymphangioma |
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| Epididymo-Orchitis |
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| Testicular Malignant Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Cystadenoma |
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| Liver Sarcoma |
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| Scrotum Neoplasm |
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| Sclerosing Hepatic Carcinoma |
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| Liver Lymphoma |
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| Hematocele Of Tunica Vaginalis Testis |
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| Esophageal Varix |
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| Ovarian Benign Neoplasm |
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| Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Lipoma Of Spermatic Cord |
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| Paratesticular Lipoma |
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| Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency |
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| Bile Duct Cysts |
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| Hepatocellular Clear Cell Carcinoma |
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| Ovarian Solid Teratoma |
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| Placental Insufficiency |
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| Gastric Cancer |
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| Nephrotic Syndrome, Type 1 |
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| Chromosomal Triplication |
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| Hepatocellular Adenoma |
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| Ovarian Cystic Teratoma |
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| Gallbladder Cancer |
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| Parovarian Cyst |
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| Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
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| Middle Ear Adenocarcinoma |
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| Patau Syndrome |
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| Malignant Gastric Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Malignant Gastric Teratoma |
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| Angiomyolipoma |
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| Cholangiocarcinoma |
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| Liver Benign Neoplasm |
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| Germ Cell And Embryonal Cancer |
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| Gastric Adenocarcinoma |
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| Immature Teratoma Of Ovary |
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| Apraxia |
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| Sarcomatous Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma |
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| Mature Teratoma Of The Ovary |
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| Testicular Disease |
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| Ovarian Germ Cell Teratoma |
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| Pineal Dysgerminoma |
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| Central Nervous System Mature Teratoma |
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| Mediastinum Seminoma |
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| Ovarian Fetiform Teratoma |
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| Giant Hemangioma |
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| Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome |
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| Pre-Eclampsia |
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| Tuberculous Epididymitis |
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| Intrahepatic Bile Duct Adenoma |
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| Ovarian Gonadoblastoma |
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| Testicular Infarct |
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| Testicular Granulosa Cell Tumor |
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| Corpus Luteum Cyst |
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| Intrahepatic Cholestasis |
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| Non-Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
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| Juvenile Type Testicular Granulosa Cell Tumor |
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| Hepatic Infarction |
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| Diabetes Insipidus |
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| Hepatic Coma |
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| Klatskin'S Tumor |
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| Epididymis Disease |
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| Fallopian Tube Adenofibroma |
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| Glossopharyngeal Nerve Paralysis |
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| Polyhydramnios |
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| Choriocarcinoma Of Ovary |
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| Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
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| Blastoma |
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| Epididymal Neoplasm |
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| Liver Leiomyosarcoma |
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| Cholangiolocellular Carcinoma |
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| Glycogen Storage Disease |
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| Opisthorchiasis |
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| Mucinous Ovarian Cystadenoma |
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| Anal Fistula |
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| Chromosomal Duplication Syndrome |
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| Rete Testis Adenocarcinoma |
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| Rete Testis Neoplasm |
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| Hepatic Tuberculosis |
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| Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma |
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| Meningocele |
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| Pineal Region Germinoma |
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| Peliosis Hepatis |
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| Childhood Endodermal Sinus Tumor |
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| Granulomatous Orchitis |
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| Pancreatic Acinar Cell Adenocarcinoma |
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| Pineal Gland Cancer |
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| Rectum Signet Ring Adenocarcinoma |
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| Non-Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma |
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| Cavernous Hemangioma |
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| Obstructive Hydrocephalus |
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| C Syndrome |
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| Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Spermatocele |
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| Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| Liver Leiomyoma |
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| Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome |
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| Congenital Hypothyroidism |
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| Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Autosomal Recessive, With Axonal Neuropathy 2 |
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| Testicular Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Malignant Adenofibroma |
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| Childhood Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor |
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| Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumor |
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| Obstructive Jaundice |
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| Colonic Lymphangioma |
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| Malignant Mesenchymoma |
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| Childhood Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
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| Tuberculous Peritonitis |
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| Krukenberg Carcinoma |
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| Ovarian Cystadenoma |
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| Infected Hydrocele |
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| Abdominal Tuberculosis |
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| Hemochromatosis, Type 1 |
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| Testicular Torsion |
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| Spermatocytoma |
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| Renal Pelvis Adenocarcinoma |
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| Fallopian Tube Benign Neoplasm |
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| Biliary Tract Benign Neoplasm |
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| Duodenal Atresia |
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| Bile Duct Adenoma |
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| Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma |
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| Ovarian Large-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
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| Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis |
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| Testicular Fibroma |
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| Childhood Germ Cell Cancer |
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| Cystadenofibroma |
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| Drug-Induced Hepatitis |
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| Bile Duct Disease |
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| Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma |
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| Epididymis Cancer |
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| Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma |
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| Hypersplenism |
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| Hepatorenal Syndrome |
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| Portal Hypertension |
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| Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma |
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| Febrile Seizures, Familial, 10 |
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| Biliary Tract Disease |
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| Common Bile Duct Disease |
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| Pineal Region Meningioma |
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| Gonadoblastoma |
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| Cardiovascular Organ Benign Neoplasm |
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| Hypothyroidism |
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| Placental Abruption |
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| Intrahepatic Biliary Papillomatosis |
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| Telangiectasis |
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| Testicular Gonadoblastoma |
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| Mixed Cell Type Cancer |
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| Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
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| Intratubular Embryonal Carcinoma |
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| Inguinal Hernia |
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| Cholecystolithiasis |
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| Budd-Chiari Syndrome |
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| Infiltrating Angiolipoma |
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| Subserous Uterine Fibroid |
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| Alcohol Use Disorder |
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| Ataxia, Early-Onset, With Oculomotor Apraxia And Hypoalbuminemia |
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| Epididymis Adenocarcinoma |
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| Endometrial Small Cell Carcinoma |
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| Esophagus Lymphoma |
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| Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis |
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| Intestinal Atresia |
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| Colorectal Cancer |
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| Trophoblastic Neoplasm |
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| Microinvasive Gastric Cancer |
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| Embryonal Testis Carcinoma |
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| Lipomatosis, Multiple |
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| Sclerosing Cholangitis |
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| Rectum Neuroendocrine Neoplasm |
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| Metal Metabolism Disorder |
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| Pancreas Sarcoma |
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| Ichthyosis |
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| Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm |
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| Cecal Disease |
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| Bilirubin Metabolic Disorder |
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| Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
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| Biliary Tract Cancer |
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| Substance Abuse |
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| Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia |
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| Reproductive Organ Benign Neoplasm |
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| Adult Type Testicular Granulosa Cell Tumor |
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| Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral |
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| Galloway-Mowat Syndrome 1 |
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| Disorder Of Sexual Development |
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| Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing |
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| Ovarian Cancer |
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| Gallbladder Disease |
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| Physical Disorder |
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| Gummatous Syphilis |
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| Lymphangioma |
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| Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type I |
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| Diabetes Mellitus |
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| Primary Biliary Cholangitis |
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| Wilms Tumor 1 |
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| Congenital Nervous System Abnormality |
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| Nervous System Disease |
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Orthologs Information
| Species | Symbol | Source | ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattus norvegicus | AFP | RGD | RGD:2065 |
| Bos taurus | AFP | VGNC | VGNC:25717 |
| Canis familiaris | AFP | VGNC | VGNC:37692 |
| Felis catus | AFP | VGNC | VGNC:59671 |
| Macaca mulatta | AFP | VGNC | VGNC:69741 |
| Mus musculus | AFP | MGD | MGI:87951 |
| Others | AFP | NCBI |