novel transcript, antisense to Zinc finger protein 24

The entry "novel transcript, antisense to ZNF24" (ENSG00000308423) refers to an annotated transcript described as antisense to the protein-coding gene *Zinc finger protein 24* (ZNF24). Unlike ZNF24, which codes for a transcription factor involved in oligodendrocyte myelination and tumor suppression[1][2][5][6], there is no functional, mechanistic, or clinical information available for this antisense transcript in major gene or biomedical databases. It is not recognized as a receptor, enzyme, transporter, therapeutic target, or biomarker. This suggests the entry is either not biologically validated, not of therapeutic interest, or an artifact from transcriptome annotation pipelines. Caveat: - There is extensive literature and data on *ZNF24 (Zinc finger protein 24)* itself[1][2][5][6], but nothing directly supports the therapeutic relevance, clinical use, or clear molecular function of an antisense transcript to ZNF24. - The use of an Ensembl ID in the ENSG00000308xxx range is highly atypical for known, protein-coding, functional targets (e.g., *ZNF24* is ENSG00000172466[5]), further substantiating that this entry may refer to a predicted, low-confidence transcript[5]. Summary: The given target is not a recognized therapeutic target; there is likely a data entry issue or an annotation describing an uncharacterized transcript. All functional and disease information pertains to *ZNF24*, not to this antisense entity[1][2][5][6].