CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — BPIFA2 (BPI fold-containing family A member 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
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: mania or bipolar disorder or manic depression 0.669 0.18 1.97e-04 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: N40 Hyperplasia of prostate 0.386 0.124 0.00184 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: R04 Haemorrhage from respiratory passages 0.47 0.154 0.00224 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: K60 Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions 0.472 0.164 0.00405 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: prostate cancer 0.376 0.142 0.00795 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: L03 Cellulitis 0.342 0.139 0.0142 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
ER-positive Breast cancer (Combined Oncoarray; iCOGS; GWAS meta analysis) -0.134 0.0599 0.0255 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Fracture resulting from simple fall 0.0894 0.0417 0.0322 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Creatinine (enzymatic) in urine -0.0349 0.0165 0.0342 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Systolic blood pressure automated reading 0.0359 0.0176 0.0409 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Breast cancer (Combined Oncoarray; iCOGS; GWAS meta analysis) -0.103 0.0506 0.0412 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Fractured bone site(s): Wrist 0.177 0.104 0.0897 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 39 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

24 association rows across 16 traits (20 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
Hair color 1e-300 rs117186940 1 GCST007082 no MR -> candidate analysis
BPIFB1 protein levels 3e-140 rs542213402 5 GCST90468462 no MR -> candidate analysis
Low tan response 3e-104 rs117186940 1 GCST005897 no MR -> candidate analysis
BPIFA2 protein levels 1e-98 rs6059134 4 GCST90468461 no MR -> candidate analysis
BPIFB2 protein levels 4e-92 rs13045604 2 GCST90468463 no MR -> candidate analysis
Hematological traits (multi-trait analysis) 5e-16 rs117186940 1 GCST90838669 no MR -> candidate analysis
BPI fold-containing family B member 1 levels 4e-15 rs76549422 1 GCST90246734 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height (baseline) 6e-15 rs117186940 1 GCST90565843 no MR -> candidate analysis
BPI fold-containing family A member 2 level in Chronic kidne 9e-14 rs6059143 1 GCST90238042 no MR -> candidate analysis
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin 1e-12 rs117186940 1 GCST90002390 no MR -> candidate analysis
Physical function (baseline) 1e-10 rs117052155 1 GCST90565837 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 2e-8 rs141715080 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 4 more traits (see JSON)          

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

Top diseases by Open Targets association (of 65 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
skin cancer 0.459 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
cutaneous melanoma 0.459 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
skin neoplasm 0.459 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Hashimoto thyroiditis 0.06 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 4 rows above, 4 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=3.6e-06, LOEUF=1.13 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 58 unique SNPs / 116 rows
ClinVar 62 records; 1 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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