Trait
Skin abscess
Clinical name: Cutaneous abscess
A circumscribed area of pus or necrotic debris in the skin (within the epidermis or dermis).
Summary
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Skin abscess is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| IL17RAinterleukin 17 receptor A | Always | In 1 condition |
| MPEG1macrophage expressed 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| DOCK8dedicator of cytokinesis 8 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| PGM3phosphoglucomutase 3 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| STAT3signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| DCLRE1CDNA cross-link repair 1C | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| IKBKBinhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase subunit beta | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| IL6STinterleukin 6 cytokine family signal transducer | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CARMIL2capping protein regulator and myosin 1 linker 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| XIAPX-linked inhibitor of apoptosis | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| ZNF341zinc finger protein 341 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| IL6Rinterleukin 6 receptor | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| OTULINOTU deubiquitinase with linear linkage specificity | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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