CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — MTHFS (5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase)

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: hayfever or allergic rhinitis -0.174 0.0581 0.00268 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: K35 Acute appendicitis 0.329 0.124 0.0083 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Intracranial volume 2.44e+04 9.25e+03 0.00837 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Pulse rate -0.0489 0.0209 0.0191 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: Z09 Follow-up examination after treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasms 0.183 0.0807 0.0238 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Schizophrenia -0.116 0.0517 0.0247 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: L03 Cellulitis 0.236 0.105 0.0249 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: I83 Varicose veins of lower extremities 0.15 0.0715 0.0364 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Weight 0.0218 0.0104 0.0366 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Clear cell ovarian cancer 0.409 0.202 0.0427 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: emphysema or chronic bronchitis 0.173 0.0868 0.046 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Primary sclerosing cholangitis -0.283 0.146 0.0523 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 110 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

50 association rows across 30 traits (44 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
5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase levels 5e-315 rs4994246 5 GCST90248534 no MR -> candidate analysis
Eosinophil count 4e-64 rs7257 7 GCST90002302 no MR -> candidate analysis
Monocyte percentage (UKB data field 30190) 1e-59 rs5813998 2 GCST90468091 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein MTHFS 2e-55 rs4779164 3 GCST90087789 no MR -> candidate analysis
Monocyte count (UKB data field 30130) 1e-40 rs184575290 2 GCST90468090 no MR -> candidate analysis
eosinophil (absolute count, mean, inv-norm transformed) 1e-40 rs2115535 1 GCST90479602 no MR -> candidate analysis
eosinophil (fraction, mean, inv-norm transformed) 2e-37 rs2115535 1 GCST90479605 no MR -> candidate analysis
Eosinophil percentage of white cells 4e-37 rs3826008 2 GCST90002382 no MR -> candidate analysis
Eosinophill percentage (UKB data field 30210) 3e-36 rs3826008 1 GCST90468069 no MR -> candidate analysis
5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase level in Chronic kidne 1e-35 rs8030396 1 GCST90234194 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 6e-35 rs35144922 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Eosinophill count (UKB data field 30150) 5e-33 rs3826008 1 GCST90468068 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 18 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 441 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
neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and hypomyelination 0.806 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
inflammatory bowel disease 0.29 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
hypertensive disorder 0.2 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 3 rows above, 3 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=0.049, LOEUF=1.03 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 71 unique SNPs / 142 rows
ClinVar 83 records; 7 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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