Novel transcript, antisense to CXCL6

This is a predicted long non-coding RNA gene, annotated as "novel transcript, antisense to CXCL6". It is a non-protein-coding transcript defined based on its genomic position opposite to the CXCL6 gene. There is no published evidence supporting a direct biochemical, regulatory, or disease role, and it is not considered a drug target. Many such non-coding transcripts are identified via high-throughput sequencing and computational annotation pipelines, and most remain functionally uncharacterized. This Ensembl object (ENSG00000298131) should not be confused with the protein-coding chemokine gene CXCL6 (ENSG00000124875), which encodes an inflammatory chemokine (and is a recognized therapeutic target in inflammation, cancer, and infection). The query target here is a different locus—an uncharacterized non-coding transcript, not a canonical drug target gene.

Other names

ENSG00000298131

None, as it is not a validated target for drug therapy.