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MUC6: mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming (gene/pseudogene)

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ConductScience Library. MUC6: mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming (gene/pseudogene). Genes, record 4588. Release gene-search-2026-11-11-0.2.0, 11 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/genes/4588

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Gene

Symbol
MUC6
HGNC
Name
mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming (gene/pseudogene)
HGNC
NCBI Gene ID
4588
NCBI Gene
HGNC ID
HGNC:7517
HGNC
Ensembl
ENSG00000184956
NCBI Gene
Aliases
MUC-6
NCBI Gene
Type
protein-coding
NCBI Gene

Proteins1

Reviewed human proteins whose Swiss-Prot entry states the gene.

UniProt entryProteinLengthStructuresGene stated in
Q6W4X9Mucin-62,4390Ensembl, GeneID, HGNC

Source UniProt

Patents33

Patents whose sequence listing contains this protein's exact sequence. A patent can list a sequence without claiming it.

PublicationPublishedSEQ ID NOProteinSource
JP 2026004568 A2026-01-1454148Q6W4X9Espacenet
EP 4650780 A22025-11-1913426Q6W4X9Espacenet
EP 4640849 A22025-10-292340Q6W4X9Espacenet
EP 4641201 A22025-10-2915334Q6W4X9Espacenet
JP 2025147176 A2025-10-069109Q6W4X9Espacenet
JP 2025147176 A2025-10-0614691Q6W4X9Espacenet
JP 2025529142 A2025-09-047100Q6W4X9Espacenet
US 12371689 B22025-07-297100Q6W4X9Espacenet
JP 2025519096 A2025-06-242340Q6W4X9Espacenet
JP 2025517969 A2025-06-1215334Q6W4X9Espacenet

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Drugs0

Drugs a ChEMBL mechanism record says act on the gene's protein, through Open Targets.

None in this release.

Trials0

Trials of those drugs. A trial joins the gene only through a drug that acts on it.

None in this release.

NIH grants1,037

NIH grants whose papers are about the gene, through NIH's grant-paper links.

GrantTitleMUC6 papersNewest fiscal year
P30CA008748Cancer Center Support Grant232025
P30DK058404Molecular and Cellular Basis for Digestive Diseases212025
I01BX000930Oxyntic Atrophy and Novel Gastric Lineages.152025
R01DK101332Induction and Evolution of Metaplasia in the Stomach152025
P30CA068485Cancer Center Support Grant102025
R01DK105129MECHANISMS OF CHIEF CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION102025
U01CA200466Validation of biomarkers for risk prediction and early diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma102025
P30CA036727Buffett Cancer Center Support Grant92025
U01CA210240Pancreatic Cancer Detection Consortium92025
R01DK094989REGULATION OF ATROPHY-INDUCED PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE GASTRIC CORPUS82025

1 to 10 of 1,037Source NIH's project files

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Papers2,853

Newest first. Swiss-Prot's references are curated; PubTator's text mining finds papers that name the gene, not always ones about it.

TitleJournalYearPMIDFound bySource
Helicobacter pylori biofilm formation and CagA-associated alteration in gastric mucin expression: Implications for bacterial persistence.Infect Genet Evol202642810655PubTator, text miningPubMed
Key Mucins in Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Biliary Tract Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.Phenomics202642750737PubTator, text miningPubMed
Clinicopathological characterization of extremely low-grade fundic gland tumors: a study of 11 of a variant of oxyntic gland adenomas.Gastric Cancer202642734684PubTator, text miningPubMed
Spatial transcriptomics reveals club cell features and strong CLDN18 expression along the mucinous pathway to invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma.J Pathol202642711771PubTator, text miningPubMed
Clinicopathological analysis of 21 cases of "Synchronous" endocervical and ovarian adenocarcinomas.Virchows Arch202642533138PubTator, text miningPubMed
Adenomyomatous Hyperplasia of the Vaterian System: The Hidden Culprit Behind Whipple Procedures.Int J Surg Pathol202642517748PubTator, text miningPubMed
CT-Derived Radiomic Signature of MUC6 Expression Improves Guideline-Based Risk Stratification in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.Cancers (Basel)202642512328PubTator, text miningPubMed
Physical, chemical, and structural properties of human gastric organoid-derived mucus.Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol202642460667PubTator, text miningPubMed
CLDN18.2 expression identifies a gastric-type phenotype and a potential therapeutic target in pulmonary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma.Diagn Pathol202642415061PubTator, text miningPubMed
Clinical and Cytopathological Significance of Intracytoplasmic Lumina and Immunohistochemical Mucin Expression in Non-Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder.Diagn Cytopathol202642411043PubTator, text miningPubMed

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Sources 12

  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsNo added restrictions. Attribution expected
  • GenBank's patent filesNo restrictions from NCBI. Submitters may hold rights
  • HGNCCC0
  • NCBI GenePublic domain (US government)
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0
Each source's terms
  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0, for the parts from ChEMBL. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsEMBL-EBI's patent protein files from the EPO, JPO, KIPO and USPTO. EMBL-EBI: "EMBL-EBI itself places no additional restrictions on the use or redistribution of the data available via its Data Resources and Tools other than those provided by the original data owners" and "EMBL-EBI expects attribution (e.g. in publications, services or products) for the use of any of its Data Resources and Tools." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use
  • GenBank's patent filesGenBank's patent files. NCBI: "NCBI places no restrictions on the use or distribution of the GenBank data. However, some submitters may claim patent, copyright, or other intellectual property rights in all or a portion of the data they have submitted." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/about/
  • HGNCCC0: https://www.genenames.org/about/license/
  • NCBI GeneNone named for the file. NCBI says information created by or for the US government on its site is in the public domain, and asks that NLM be acknowledged: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/about/policies/
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0. Open Targets asks that users cite its latest paper: Buniello et al. 2025, Open Targets Platform: facilitating therapeutic hypotheses building in drug discovery, Nucleic Acids Research 53(D1):D1467, PMID 39657122. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0. UniProt's licence file: "All databases and documents in the UniProt FTP directory may be copied and redistributed freely, without advance permission, provided that this copyright statement is reproduced with each copy." UniProt asks that users cite its latest paper: The UniProt Consortium, UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2025, Nucleic Acids Research 53:D609-D617, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1010. Read on 9 Nov 2026 at https://www.uniprot.org/help/license

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.

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