Comparative

Human gene

SCN8A sodium channel, voltage gated, type VIII alpha subunit

ENSG00000196876 on Ensembl

1 disease group in OMIA reaches this gene, through the animal gene that Ensembl gives as its ortholog. The page shows the chain. It does not say whether an animal is a model of a human disease.

Animal diseases

By each group's best natural-model score, highest first. How the score works.

OMIA group Name Species Animal gene Ortholog The chain reached Best score
2194 Ataxia, spinocerebellar, SCN8A-related dog SCN8A one to one Drug 61.0
for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 13

Target evidence

Each Open Targets association between this gene and a human disease that a disease group reached.

Human disease Mondo Score Evidence
developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 13 MONDO:0013801 0.84 332
seizures, benign familial infantile, 5 MONDO:0014903 0.77 113
cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia MONDO:0013680 0.73 150

Drugs

Each ChEMBL drug that acts on this gene.

Drug How Latest stage
Articaine blocker Approved
Benoxinate blocker Approved
Carbamazepine blocker Approved
Cenobamate inhibitor Approved
Chloroprocaine blocker Approved
Cocaine blocker Approved
Disopyramide blocker Approved
Dronedarone blocker Approved
Dyclonine blocker Approved
Encainide blocker Approved
Eslicarbazepine blocker Approved
Eslicarbazepine Acetate blocker Approved
Ethotoin blocker Approved
Etidocaine blocker Approved
Fosphenytoin blocker Approved
Hexylcaine blocker Approved
Indecainide blocker Approved
Lacosamide blocker Approved
Lamotrigine blocker Approved
Lidocaine blocker Approved
Mephenytoin blocker Approved
Mepivacaine blocker Approved
Mexiletine blocker Approved
Moricizine blocker Approved
Orphenadrine blocker Approved
Oxcarbazepine blocker Approved
Phenacemide blocker Approved
Phenazopyridine blocker Approved
Phenytoin blocker Approved
Prilocaine blocker Approved
Primidone blocker Approved
Procainamide blocker Approved
Procaine blocker Approved
Propafenone blocker Approved
Proparacaine blocker Approved
Propoxycaine blocker Approved
Quinidine blocker Approved
Riluzole blocker Approved
Ropivacaine blocker Approved
Rufinamide blocker Approved
Tetracaine blocker Approved
Tocainide blocker Approved
Topiramate blocker Approved
Zonisamide blocker Approved
Evenamide blocker Phase 3
Ralfinamide blocker Phase 3
Nerispirdine blocker Phase 2
Zandatrigine inhibitor Phase 2
Irampanel blocker Phase 1
Nktr-171 blocker Investigational new drug
Dichlorobenzyl Alcohol blocker Unknown
Merethoxylline Procaine blocker Unknown
Quinidine Polygalacturonate blocker Unknown

The drug data is ChEMBL's, under CC BY-SA 3.0, and came through Open Targets release 26.09.