CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — CDH7 (Cadherin-7)

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: hypopituitarism 0.777 0.278 0.00516 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Internalizing problems -0.264 0.0964 0.00627 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: high cholesterol 0.0654 0.0257 0.0111 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: M17 Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee] 0.151 0.0632 0.0172 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: polio or poliomyelitis 0.518 0.249 0.0376 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Creatinine (enzymatic) in urine 0.0193 0.00972 0.047 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Cigarettes smoked per day 0.669 0.355 0.0595 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: I83 Varicose veins of lower extremities -0.154 0.0834 0.0647 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Clear cell ovarian cancer 0.321 0.174 0.0655 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Hippocampus volume 37 20.1 0.0657 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Forced vital capacity (FVC) -0.0152 0.00834 0.0676 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter 0.151 0.0834 0.0703 Wald ratio 1 trans NA
…and 90 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

78 association rows across 57 traits (56 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
Body mass index 3e-30 rs8092156 15 GCST90662912 no MR -> candidate analysis
Weight 1e-25 rs2276191 2 GCST90662910 MR: beta=0.0111, p=0.479 (trans)
Weight (maximum, inv-normal transformed) 2e-19 rs7243232 1 GCST90480726 no MR -> candidate analysis
Body mass index (BMI, maximum, inv-normal transformed) 3e-18 rs874767 1 GCST90479521 no MR -> candidate analysis
Weight (mean, inv-normal transformed) 8e-18 rs2096944 1 GCST90480727 no MR -> candidate analysis
GLIPR1 protein levels 1e-17 rs565067589 1 GCST90469357 no MR -> candidate analysis
Body mass index (MTAG) 7e-17 rs2012927 1 GCST90179150 no MR -> candidate analysis
Body mass index (BMI, mean, inv-normal transformed) 8e-17 rs7243232 1 GCST90479522 no MR -> candidate analysis
Highest math class taken (MTAG) 7e-15 rs17075438 1 GCST006568 no MR -> candidate analysis
Type 2 diabetes 7e-15 rs35419009 3 GCST90492734 MR: beta=0.0382, p=0.433 (trans)
Personality traits or cognitive traits (multivariate analysi 8e-15 rs1994229 1 GCST90270074 no MR -> candidate analysis
Self-reported math ability (MTAG) 1e-13 rs72944032 1 GCST006569 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 45 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 451 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
obesity disorder 0.798 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Irritability 0.746 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
type 2 diabetes mellitus 0.746 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
overnutrition 0.717 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
mathematical ability 0.713 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
diabetes mellitus 0.622 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
diabetic neuropathy 0.525 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
response to antihypertensive drug 0.51 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 0.419 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
myeloid leukemia 0.396 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
gallbladder disorder 0.382 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
smoking initiation 0.37 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Graves disease 0.354 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Abnormality of refraction 0.349 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
color vision disorder 0.346 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 15 rows above, 15 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=0.99, LOEUF=0.486 — LoF-INTOLERANT
GWAS Catalog 58 unique SNPs / 115 rows
ClinVar 260 records; 6 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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