CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — FSTL1 (Follistatin-related protein 1)

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: vitiligo 1.15 0.242 1.95e-06 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Hearing difficulty or problems: Yes 0.0533 0.0192 0.00561 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: depression 0.119 0.0431 0.00585 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: J33 Nasal polyp 0.299 0.129 0.0204 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: N40 Hyperplasia of prostate 0.228 0.0985 0.0207 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: vaginal prolapse or uterine prolapse 0.271 0.124 0.0287 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: K40 Inguinal hernia 0.133 0.0632 0.0347 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: anxiety or panic attacks 0.18 0.0854 0.0353 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Creatinine (enzymatic) in urine 0.0232 0.0113 0.0388 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: osteoarthritis -0.0848 0.0429 0.0481 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Sleep duration -0.0179 0.00918 0.051 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Fracture resulting from simple fall -0.0616 0.0329 0.0613 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 61 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

16 association rows across 12 traits (13 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
Bone mineral density mean 1e-300 rs76311806 2 GCST90321120 no MR -> candidate analysis
Follistatin-related protein 1 levels 4e-114 rs1147707 2 GCST90247638 no MR -> candidate analysis
FSTL1 protein levels 4e-102 rs1147707 2 GCST90469271 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein FSTL1 1e-61 rs1147707 1 GCST90087381 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 1e-26 rs1147707 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height 1e-17 rs1262395 2 GCST90245848 no MR -> candidate analysis
Follistatin-related protein 1 levels (FSTL1.13112.179.3) 1e-16 rs1147707 1 GCST90241195 no MR -> candidate analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid protein FSTL1 levels 1e-14 rs1147712 1 GCST90943394 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height (baseline) 1e-8 rs13088020 1 GCST90565843 no MR -> candidate analysis
Symptomatic menopause (PheCode 627.2) 5e-8 rs75745060 1 GCST90651694 no MR -> candidate analysis
FSTL1 protein level (protein group normalized intensity) 5e-7 rs1147707 1 GCST90570985 no MR -> candidate analysis
Drusen 2e-6 rs56100867 1 GCST90104237 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 3088 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
immune system disorder 0.468 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=0.00075, LOEUF=0.735 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 21 unique SNPs / 42 rows
ClinVar 90 records; 1 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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