CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — HDGF (Hepatoma-derived growth factor)

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
Heel bone mineral density (BMD) T-score automated 0.0435 0.0122 3.65e-04 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Hearing difficulty or problems: Yes -0.0558 0.0172 0.0012 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Schizophrenia -0.115 0.042 0.00625 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Subjective well being 0.0297 0.0112 0.00766 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
HDL cholesterol -0.0494 0.019 0.00911 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Systolic blood pressure automated reading 0.025 0.00966 0.00963 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: I84 Haemorrhoids 0.132 0.0533 0.0132 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: asthma -0.0699 0.0284 0.0137 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Eye problems or disorders: Cataract -0.146 0.06 0.0151 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Forced vital capacity (FVC) 0.0183 0.00774 0.0183 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Invasive mucinous ovarian cancer 0.366 0.156 0.0187 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: uterine fibroids 0.153 0.0657 0.0197 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 113 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

29 association rows across 21 traits (29 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
Circulating HDGF levels 1e-6099 rs4501833 1 GCST90860377 no MR -> candidate analysis
HDGF protein levels 2e-199 rs116078160 5 GCST90469442 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein HDGF 1e-42 rs12039810 1 GCST90090404 no MR -> candidate analysis
White blood cell count 3e-41 rs4501833 1 GCST90101726 no MR -> candidate analysis
Neutrophil count 7e-40 rs12566986 1 GCST90101731 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height 4e-38 rs4399146 1 GCST90245848 MR: beta=0.0234, p=0.0719 (cis)
Aorta HDGF levels 9e-24 rs11264533 1 GCST90798866 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 3e-23 rs4399146 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Liver HDGF levels 2e-18 rs9427242 1 GCST90801724 no MR -> candidate analysis
WFDC12 protein levels 5e-18 rs4399146 1 GCST90471073 no MR -> candidate analysis
Drinks per week 1e-14 rs12039810 2 GCST90243984 no MR -> candidate analysis
Polyunsaturated fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids r 3e-11 rs11264534 2 GCST90502155 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 9 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 236 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
prostate carcinoma 0.626 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
thyrotoxicosis 0.139 common-variant locus MR: beta=-0.215, p=0.122 (cis)
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 0.104 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 3 rows above, 2 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 0 known modulators (Hepatoma-derived growth factor)
gnomAD constraint pLI=1, LOEUF=0.351 — LoF-INTOLERANT
GWAS Catalog 98 unique SNPs / 196 rows
ClinVar 62 records; 2 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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