# FGF20

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/fgf20/  
OnCo record `fgf20` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

FGF20 (Fibroblast growth factor 20) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role.

## Summary

Neurotrophic factor that regulates central nervous development and function.

Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.62 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.49, affected pathway 0.98, animal model 0.56, genetic association 0.05).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: fibroblast growth factor 20; Fibroblast growth factor 20
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: FGF20
- Class: other
- Biology: Neurotrophic factor that regulates central nervous development and function. Location: Secreted (UniProt). Locus 8p22 (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:3677: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:3677
- UniProt Q9NP95: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q9NP95/entry
- NCBI Gene 26281: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/26281
- Ensembl ENSG00000078579: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000078579

## Connected records

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

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