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  "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/otitis-media",
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    "release": "2026-09-01",
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    "id": "HP:0000388",
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        "name": "Abnormality of the ear",
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      },
      {
        "slug": "abnormality-of-the-immune-system",
        "name": "Abnormality of the immune system",
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/abnormality-of-the-immune-system"
      }
    ],
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        "slug": "increased-inflammatory-response",
        "name": "Increased inflammatory response",
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/increased-inflammatory-response"
      },
      {
        "slug": "abnormal-middle-ear-morphology",
        "name": "Middle ear malformation",
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/abnormal-middle-ear-morphology"
      }
    ],
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/recurrent-otitis-media"
      },
      {
        "slug": "chronic-otitis-media",
        "name": "Chronic infections of the middle ear",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/chronic-otitis-media"
      },
      {
        "slug": "acute-otitis-media",
        "name": "Acute middle ear infection",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/acute-otitis-media"
      },
      {
        "slug": "glue-ear",
        "name": "Glue ear",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/glue-ear"
      },
      {
        "slug": "otitis-media-with-effusion",
        "name": "Fluid behind eardrum",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/otitis-media-with-effusion"
      }
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        "name": "filamin A",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/flna"
      },
      {
        "slug": "pld4",
        "symbol": "PLD4",
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        "name": "phospholipase D family member 4",
        "frequency": "obligate",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/pld4"
      },
      {
        "slug": "alms1",
        "symbol": "ALMS1",
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        "name": "ALMS1 centrosome and basal body associated protein",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/alms1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "clcn7",
        "symbol": "CLCN7",
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        "name": "Cl-/H+ antiporter 7",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/clcn7"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ctla4",
        "symbol": "CTLA4",
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        "name": "cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ctla4"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cyba",
        "symbol": "CYBA",
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        "name": "cytochrome b-245 alpha chain",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cyba"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cybb",
        "symbol": "CYBB",
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        "name": "cytochrome b-245 beta chain",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cybb"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cybc1",
        "symbol": "CYBC1",
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        "name": "cytochrome b-245 chaperone 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cybc1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "hla-dpa1",
        "symbol": "HLA-DPA1",
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        "name": "major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP alpha 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-dpa1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "hla-dpb1",
        "symbol": "HLA-DPB1",
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        "name": "major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP beta 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
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        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-dpb1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "man2b1",
        "symbol": "MAN2B1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:6826",
        "name": "mannosidase alpha class 2B member 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/man2b1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ncf1",
        "symbol": "NCF1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7660",
        "name": "neutrophil cytosolic factor 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ncf1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ncf2",
        "symbol": "NCF2",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7661",
        "name": "neutrophil cytosolic factor 2",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ncf2"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ncf4",
        "symbol": "NCF4",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7662",
        "name": "neutrophil cytosolic factor 4",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ncf4"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ostm1",
        "symbol": "OSTM1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:21652",
        "name": "osteoclastogenesis associated transmembrane protein 1",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ostm1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "prtn3",
        "symbol": "PRTN3",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:9495",
        "name": "proteinase 3",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/prtn3"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ptpn22",
        "symbol": "PTPN22",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:9652",
        "name": "protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptpn22"
      },
      {
        "slug": "snx10",
        "symbol": "SNX10",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:14974",
        "name": "sorting nexin 10",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/snx10"
      },
      {
        "slug": "tcirg1",
        "symbol": "TCIRG1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:11647",
        "name": "T cell immune regulator 1, ATPase H+ transporting V0 subunit a3",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/tcirg1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "tnfsf11",
        "symbol": "TNFSF11",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:11926",
        "name": "TNF superfamily member 11",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/tnfsf11"
      },
      {
        "slug": "was",
        "symbol": "WAS",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:12731",
        "name": "WASP actin nucleation promoting factor",
        "frequency": "very-frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/was"
      },
      {
        "slug": "blm",
        "symbol": "BLM",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:1058",
        "name": "BLM RecQ like helicase",
        "frequency": "frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/blm"
      },
      {
        "slug": "fmr1",
        "symbol": "FMR1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:3775",
        "name": "fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1",
        "frequency": "frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/fmr1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "gnptab",
        "symbol": "GNPTAB",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:29670",
        "name": "N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase subunits alpha and beta",
        "frequency": "frequent",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/gnptab"
      },
      {
        "slug": "arl6",
        "symbol": "ARL6",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:13210",
        "name": "ARF like GTPase 6",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/arl6"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbip1",
        "symbol": "BBIP1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:28093",
        "name": "BBSome interacting protein 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbip1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs1",
        "symbol": "BBS1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:966",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs10",
        "symbol": "BBS10",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:26291",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 10",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs10"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs12",
        "symbol": "BBS12",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:26648",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 12",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs12"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs2",
        "symbol": "BBS2",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:967",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs2"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs4",
        "symbol": "BBS4",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:969",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 4",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs4"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs5",
        "symbol": "BBS5",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:970",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs5"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs7",
        "symbol": "BBS7",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:18758",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 7",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs7"
      },
      {
        "slug": "bbs9",
        "symbol": "BBS9",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:30000",
        "name": "Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/bbs9"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cd247",
        "symbol": "CD247",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:1677",
        "name": "CD247 molecule",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd247"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cd3d",
        "symbol": "CD3D",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:1673",
        "name": "CD3 delta subunit of T-cell receptor complex",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd3d"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cd3e",
        "symbol": "CD3E",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:1674",
        "name": "CD3 epsilon subunit of T-cell receptor complex",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd3e"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cep19",
        "symbol": "CEP19",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:28209",
        "name": "centrosomal protein 19",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cep19"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cep290",
        "symbol": "CEP290",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:29021",
        "name": "centrosomal protein 290",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cep290"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cfap418",
        "symbol": "CFAP418",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:27232",
        "name": "cilia and flagella associated protein 418",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cfap418"
      },
      {
        "slug": "crebbp",
        "symbol": "CREBBP",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:2348",
        "name": "CREB binding lysine acetyltransferase",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 2,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/crebbp"
      },
      {
        "slug": "cxcr4",
        "symbol": "CXCR4",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:2561",
        "name": "C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/cxcr4"
      },
      {
        "slug": "dclre1c",
        "symbol": "DCLRE1C",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:17642",
        "name": "DNA cross-link repair 1C",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 2,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/dclre1c"
      },
      {
        "slug": "elane",
        "symbol": "ELANE",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:3309",
        "name": "elastase, neutrophil expressed",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/elane"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ep300",
        "symbol": "EP300",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:3373",
        "name": "EP300 lysine acetyltransferase",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ep300"
      },
      {
        "slug": "fgfr2",
        "symbol": "FGFR2",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:3689",
        "name": "fibroblast growth factor receptor 2",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/fgfr2"
      },
      {
        "slug": "g6pc3",
        "symbol": "G6PC3",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:24861",
        "name": "glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 3",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/g6pc3"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ift172",
        "symbol": "IFT172",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:30391",
        "name": "intraflagellar transport 172",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ift172"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ift27",
        "symbol": "IFT27",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:18626",
        "name": "intraflagellar transport 27",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ift27"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ift74",
        "symbol": "IFT74",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:21424",
        "name": "intraflagellar transport 74",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ift74"
      },
      {
        "slug": "lztfl1",
        "symbol": "LZTFL1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:6741",
        "name": "leucine zipper transcription factor like 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/lztfl1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "mkks",
        "symbol": "MKKS",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7108",
        "name": "MKKS centrosomal shuttling protein",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/mkks"
      },
      {
        "slug": "mks1",
        "symbol": "MKS1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7121",
        "name": "MKS transition zone complex subunit 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/mks1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "nek10",
        "symbol": "NEK10",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:18592",
        "name": "NIMA related kinase 10",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/nek10"
      },
      {
        "slug": "nphp1",
        "symbol": "NPHP1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7905",
        "name": "nephrocystin 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/nphp1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "rnf168",
        "symbol": "RNF168",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:26661",
        "name": "ring finger protein 168",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/rnf168"
      },
      {
        "slug": "scaper",
        "symbol": "SCAPER",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:13081",
        "name": "S-phase cyclin A associated protein in the ER",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/scaper"
      },
      {
        "slug": "sclt1",
        "symbol": "SCLT1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:26406",
        "name": "sodium channel and clathrin linker 1",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/sclt1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "sdccag8",
        "symbol": "SDCCAG8",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:10671",
        "name": "SHH signaling and ciliogenesis regulator SDCCAG8",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/sdccag8"
      },
      {
        "slug": "trim32",
        "symbol": "TRIM32",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:16380",
        "name": "tripartite motif containing 32",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/trim32"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ttc8",
        "symbol": "TTC8",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:20087",
        "name": "tetratricopeptide repeat domain 8",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ttc8"
      },
      {
        "slug": "wdpcp",
        "symbol": "WDPCP",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:28027",
        "name": "WD repeat containing planar cell polarity effector",
        "frequency": "occasional",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/wdpcp"
      },
      {
        "slug": "sptbn1",
        "symbol": "SPTBN1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:11275",
        "name": "spectrin beta, non-erythrocytic 1",
        "frequency": "very-rare",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/sptbn1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "ccdc39",
        "symbol": "CCDC39",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:25244",
        "name": "coiled-coil domain 39 molecular ruler complex subunit",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/ccdc39"
      },
      {
        "slug": "dnaaf3",
        "symbol": "DNAAF3",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:30492",
        "name": "dynein axonemal assembly factor 3",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/dnaaf3"
      },
      {
        "slug": "il2rg",
        "symbol": "IL2RG",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:6010",
        "name": "interleukin 2 receptor subunit gamma",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/il2rg"
      },
      {
        "slug": "il7r",
        "symbol": "IL7R",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:6024",
        "name": "interleukin 7 receptor",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/il7r"
      },
      {
        "slug": "nipbl",
        "symbol": "NIPBL",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:28862",
        "name": "NIPBL cohesin loading factor",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/nipbl"
      },
      {
        "slug": "nsd1",
        "symbol": "NSD1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:14234",
        "name": "nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 1",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/nsd1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "pnp",
        "symbol": "PNP",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:7892",
        "name": "purine nucleoside phosphorylase",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/pnp"
      },
      {
        "slug": "rag1",
        "symbol": "RAG1",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:9831",
        "name": "recombination activating 1",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/rag1"
      },
      {
        "slug": "rag2",
        "symbol": "RAG2",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:9832",
        "name": "recombination activating 2",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/rag2"
      },
      {
        "slug": "rpgr",
        "symbol": "RPGR",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:10295",
        "name": "retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpgr"
      },
      {
        "slug": "tlk2",
        "symbol": "TLK2",
        "hgnc": "HGNC:11842",
        "name": "tousled like kinase 2",
        "diseases": 1,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/genes/tlk2"
      }
    ]
  }
}