Trait
Retraction of the tongue
Clinical name: Glossoptosis
Posterior displacement of the tongue into the pharynx, i.e., a tongue that is mislocalised posteriorly.
Summary
- Also called
- Lingual retraction
- Body system
- Abnormality of head or neck
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Retraction of the tongue 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AMOTL1angiomotin like 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| KDM6Blysine demethylase 6B | Always | In 1 condition |
| MED16mediator complex subunit 16 | Always | In 1 condition |
| NFASCneurofascin | Always | In 1 condition |
| BTKBruton tyrosine kinase | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| SOX9SRY-box transcription factor 9 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| TGDSTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| CHD6chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 6 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| COG1component of oligomeric golgi complex 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| COL11A1collagen type XI alpha 1 chain | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| COL11A2collagen type XI alpha 2 chain | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| COL2A1collagen type II alpha 1 chain | Often (30–79%) | In 3 conditions |
| EDN1endothelin 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| FLNAfilamin A | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GNAI3G protein subunit alpha i3 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| HDAC9histone deacetylase 9 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MYMKmyomaker, myoblast fusion factor | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| MYMXmyomixer, myoblast fusion factor | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PLCB4phospholipase C beta 4 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| RBM10RNA binding motif protein 10 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| SLC35B2solute carrier family 35 member B2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SNRPBsmall nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptides B and B1 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| AFF4ALF transcription elongation factor 4 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| EDNRAendothelin receptor type A | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| FIG4FIG4 phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| POLR1BRNA polymerase I subunit B | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| POLR1CRNA polymerase I and III subunit C | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| POLR1DRNA polymerase I and III subunit D | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| RPL17ribosomal protein L17 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| RSPO2R-spondin 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| RUNX2RUNX family transcription factor 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| TCOF1treacle ribosome biogenesis factor 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| VAC14VAC14 component of PIKFYVE complex | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| NFIXnuclear factor I X | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| PEX16peroxisomal biogenesis factor 16 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.
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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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