CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — RMDN1 (Regulator of microtubule dynamics 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
Body mass index (BMI) -0.0395 0.00759 1.86e-07 Wald ratio 1 cis 0.886
Age at menarche 0.0695 0.018 1.10e-04 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Weight -0.0243 0.0067 2.84e-04 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: mania or bipolar disorder or manic depression 0.341 0.107 0.00148 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: psoriasis -0.313 0.0988 0.00154 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: I83 Varicose veins of lower extremities 0.145 0.0459 0.00162 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Thalamus volume 60.5 19.5 0.00193 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Alcohol intake frequency -0.0327 0.0112 0.00355 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Nucleus accumbens volume 9.32 3.38 0.00583 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: hayfever or allergic rhinitis 0.0785 0.0289 0.00654 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Thyroid cancer 0.694 0.264 0.00842 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: diverticular disease or diverticulitis 0.157 0.0616 0.0109 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 100 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 (22 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
Regulator of microtubule dynamics protein 1 levels 4e-346 rs10106141 2 GCST90426906 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 5e-313 rs7459897 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Lignoceroylcarnitine (C24) levels 3e-53 rs1135451 1 GCST90140115 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height 3e-46 rs7006629 1 GCST90245848 MR: beta=0.0224, p=0.0144 (cis)
Plasma lignoceroylcarnitine (C24)* levels in chronic kidney 3e-36 rs6985066 1 GCST90265446 no MR -> candidate analysis
Nervonoylcarnitine (C24:1) levels 3e-33 rs35354130 1 GCST90200143 no MR -> candidate analysis
Behenoylcarnitine (C22) levels 1e-20 rs35354130 2 GCST90200127 no MR -> candidate analysis
Plasma cerotoylcarnitine (C26)* levels in chronic kidney dis 6e-14 rs13042 1 GCST90264911 no MR -> candidate analysis
Plasma nervonoylcarnitine (C24:1)* levels in chronic kidney 1e-12 rs7007055 1 GCST90265717 no MR -> candidate analysis
Body mass index 1e-11 rs7006629 7 GCST90255621 MR: beta=-0.0395, p=1.86e-07 (cis)
Cortical surface area 2e-10 rs60694690 1 GCST90091060 no MR -> candidate analysis
Body mass index (MTAG) 4e-10 rs12546331 1 GCST90179150 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 41 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
intelligence 0.55 common-variant locus MR: beta=-0.0423, p=0.295 (cis)
arthropathy 0.425 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
smoking initiation 0.344 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Varicose veins 0.194 common-variant locus MR: beta=0.145, p=0.00162 (cis)
gout 0.088 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
spondylolisthesis 0.057 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
musculoskeletal system disorder 0.057 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
COVID-19 0.036 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Abnormality of refraction 0.036 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 9 rows above, 7 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=1.4e-16, LOEUF=1.25 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 44 unique SNPs / 88 rows
ClinVar 101 records; 0 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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