CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — B4GALT2 (Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2)

MR feasibility tier: A — Published pQTL-MR estimates exist for this protein (retrieved below - not computed here).

1. Published MR estimates (retrieved, not computed)

Outcome beta se p method nSNP cis/trans coloc
Diagnoses - main ICD10: R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain 0.0828 0.0356 0.02 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
HDL cholesterol 0.0371 0.016 0.0206 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Clear cell ovarian cancer -0.276 0.127 0.0299 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio 0.0446 0.0208 0.0321 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Sodium in urine 0.0168 0.00787 0.0329 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Glioma -0.312 0.149 0.0364 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Eye problems or disorders: Glaucoma 0.115 0.0599 0.0549 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: small intestine or small bowel cancer 0.48 0.252 0.0569 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: R07 Pain in throat and chest 0.0605 0.0336 0.072 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Squamous cell lung cancer -0.177 0.0996 0.0754 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: G56 Mononeuropathies of upper limb 0.0956 0.0555 0.0848 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: osteoarthritis 0.0435 0.0256 0.0898 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 69 more outcomes (see JSON)              

2. pQTL instrument availability (Tier-B probe)

No prot-* pQTL GWAS dataset found for this protein (matched by UniProt accession and symbol).

3. GWAS Catalog results — traits with signal at this locus

6 association rows across 5 traits (5 genome-wide significant rows). Associations are loci, not causal claims; the mapped gene at a locus is not necessarily the effector gene.

Trait best p lead SNP n assoc study MR status
Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2 levels 5e-138 rs3762423 2 GCST90246640 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein B4GALT2 1e-17 rs869896 1 GCST90090770 no MR -> candidate analysis
Smoking initiation 1e-14 rs61770309 1 GCST90243985 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 7e-9 rs1859728 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
General cognitive ability 7e-8 rs2993619 1 GCST006269 no MR -> candidate analysis

4. Phenome map — where this gene is a genetic locus, vs. where MR exists

Top diseases by Open Targets association (of 936 total). Associations are loci, not causal claims. The causal-status column is a four-state triage per pair: established (curated) = a curated clinical assertion exists (ClinGen/G2P/GEL/Orphanet/ClinVar — any validity level, MR adds little); exploratory rare-variant signal = ExWAS burden evidence without curation — a candidate NEW gene-disease relationship; common-variant locus = GWAS signal, classic pQTL-MR territory; multi-layer = burden+GWAS together, an allelic-series candidate (the strongest causal setup). Burden estimand is carrier-vs-noncarrier, not per-SD MR.

Disease genetic assoc. burden (ExWAS) causal status MR status
intelligence 0.135 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 1 rows above, 1 have no MR estimate in this resource. Across all retrieved diseases for this gene: 0 exploratory rare-variant signal(s), 0 multi-layer (allelic-series candidate) pair(s). Final triage still belongs to a statistical geneticist.

5. Downstream annotation (druggability & safety preview)

Layer Result
ChEMBL druggability not available — no ChEMBL target (undrugged)
gnomAD constraint pLI=0.002, LOEUF=0.805 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 54 unique SNPs / 108 rows
ClinVar 83 records; 0 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx 1 clinical annotations across 1 drugs

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