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Trait
Elevated serum ferritin
Clinical name: Increased circulating ferritin concentration
Increased concentration of ferritin in the blood circulation.
Summary
- Also called
- High ferritin level, Increased ferritin, Increased serum ferritin level, Hyperferritinaemia, Hyperferritinemia, Increased plasma ferritin
- Body system
- Laboratory abnormality
Elevated serum ferritinHP:0003281
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Elevated serum ferritin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AK2adenylate kinase 2 | Always | In 1 condition |
| BMP6bone morphogenetic protein 6 | Always | In 2 conditions |
| FTH1ferritin heavy chain 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| FTLferritin light chain | Always | In 2 conditions |
| HAMPhepcidin antimicrobial peptide | Always | In 2 conditions |
| HJVhemojuvelin BMP co-receptor | Always | In 2 conditions |
| HMOX1heme oxygenase 1 | Always | In 2 conditions |
| ITKIL2 inducible T cell kinase | Always | In 1 condition |
| MCM10minichromosome maintenance 10 replication initiation factor | Always | In 1 condition |
| MPV17mitochondrial inner membrane protein MPV17 | Always | In 1 condition |
| NLRC4NLR family CARD domain containing 4 | Always | In 1 condition |
| PIGAphosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class A | Always | In 2 conditions |
| PIK3CGphosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit gamma | Always | In 1 condition |
| PSMB9proteasome 20S subunit beta 9 | Always | In 1 condition |
| RC3H1ring finger and CCCH-type domains 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| SLC19A1solute carrier family 19 member 1 | Always | In 2 conditions |
| SLC25A38solute carrier family 25 member 38 | Always | In 1 condition |
| STEAP3STEAP3 metalloreductase | Always | In 2 conditions |
| TFR2transferrin receptor 2 | Always | In 2 conditions |
| BCS1LBCS1 ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase complex chaperone | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| CPceruloplasmin | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| HFEhomeostatic iron regulator | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| PRF1perforin 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| STX11syntaxin 11 | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| STXBP2syntaxin binding protein 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| UNC13Dunc-13 homolog D | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| XIAPX-linked inhibitor of apoptosis | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| FOCADfocadhesin | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GBA1glucosylceramidase beta 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| KARS1lysyl-tRNA synthetase 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| KCNN4potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 4 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| LYSTlysosomal trafficking regulator | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PIEZO1piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (Er blood group) | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| PKLRpyruvate kinase L/R | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SCARB2scavenger receptor class B member 2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC40A1solute carrier family 40 member 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC4A1solute carrier family 4 member 1 (Diego blood group) | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ALKALK receptor tyrosine kinase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| HACE1HECT domain and ankyrin repeat containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| HLA-DRB1major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
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| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| IFIH1interferon induced with helicase C domain 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| IFT56intraflagellar transport 56 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| IL6interleukin 6 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LACC1laccase domain multifunctional purine nucleosidase 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LIN28Blin-28 RNA binding posttranscriptional regulator B | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LMO1LIM domain only 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| MIFmacrophage migration inhibitory factor | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| MYCNMYCN proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PHOX2Bpaired like homeobox 2B | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC7A7solute carrier family 7 member 7 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| BMP2bone morphogenetic protein 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| CPOXcoproporphyrinogen oxidase | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| GLRX5glutaredoxin 5 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| HAVCR2hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| IFNGinterferon gamma | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| PUS1pseudouridine synthase 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| STAT2signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 | 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.
Broader traits
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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