# FGF17

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/fgf17/  
OnCo record `fgf17` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

FGF17 (Fibroblast growth factor 17) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role.

## Summary

Plays an important role in the regulation of embryonic development and as signalling molecule in the induction and patterning of the embryonic brain. Required for normal brain development.

Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.62 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.74, affected pathway 0.98, genetic association 0.00).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: fibroblast growth factor 17; Fibroblast growth factor 17; FGF-13
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: FGF17
- Class: other
- Biology: Plays an important role in the regulation of embryonic development and as signalling molecule in the induction and patterning of the embryonic brain. Required for normal brain development. Location: Secreted (UniProt). Locus 8p21.3 (HGNC).

## Notes

- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier "association-only" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:3673: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:3673
- UniProt O60258: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/O60258/entry
- NCBI Gene 8822: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/8822
- Ensembl ENSG00000158815: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000158815

## Connected records

- collections: [Open Targets Platform](https://onco.cc/collections/open-targets/)

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