RTL8A Gene

Name retrotransposon Gag like 8A
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 26071
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Functional Associations

RTL8A has 1,503 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (chemical, functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 25 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of RTL8A gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures small molecule perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures dataset.
CCLE Cell Line Proteomics Cell lines associated with RTL8A protein from the CCLE Cell Line Proteomics dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with RTL8A gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 transcription factors binding the promoter of RTL8A gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with RTL8A protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency cell lines with fitness changed by RTL8A gene knockdown relative to other cell lines from the DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with RTL8A gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of RTL8A gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of RTL8A gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of RTL8A gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
LINCS L1000 CMAP Chemical Perturbation Consensus Signatures small molecule perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the LINCS L1000 CMAP Chemical Perturbations Consensus Signatures dataset.
LINCS L1000 CMAP CRISPR Knockout Consensus Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the LINCS L1000 CMAP CRISPR Knockout Consensus Signatures dataset.
MoTrPAC Rat Endurance Exercise Training tissue samples with high or low expression of RTL8A gene relative to other tissue samples from the MoTrPAC Rat Endurance Exercise Training dataset.
NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box Gene Expression Profiles drug perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Genome-wide Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Genome-wide Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 RPE1 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 RPE1 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of RTL8A gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of RTL8A gene from the Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of RTL8A protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with RTL8A protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.