SNORD8 Gene

HGNC Family Non-coding RNAs
Name small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 8
Description Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in nucleolus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Synonyms MGU6-53, RNU6C
NCBI Gene ID 319103
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Predicted Functions View SNORD8's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View SNORD8's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View SNORD8's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

SNORD8 has 379 functional associations with biological entities spanning 5 categories (molecular profile, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 20 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORD8 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
CCLE Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles cell lines with high or low expression of SNORD8 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of SNORD8 gene from the CHEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of SNORD8 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORD8 gene relative to other cell lines from the COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORD8 gene from the ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of SNORD8 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of SNORD8 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases disease perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations gene perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations kinase perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules small molecule perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of SNORD8 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of SNORD8 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORD8 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of SNORD8 gene from the KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of SNORD8 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORD8 gene from the Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors tissue samples with high or low expression of SNORD8 gene relative to other tissue samples from the TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors dataset.