CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — SLITRK3 (SLIT and NTRK-like protein 3)

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 0.0938 0.0387 0.0155 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: malignant melanoma 0.224 0.0946 0.0181 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Body mass index (BMI) 0.0237 0.0103 0.0218 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Pulse rate 0.0397 0.0183 0.0306 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: prostate cancer -0.37 0.182 0.0421 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: G56 Mononeuropathies of upper limb -0.195 0.0965 0.0435 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Forced vital capacity (FVC) 0.0168 0.00848 0.0474 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: enlarged prostate 0.151 0.0764 0.0477 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Eye problems or disorders: Injury or trauma resulting in loss of vision 0.209 0.111 0.0601 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: R04 Haemorrhage from respiratory passages 0.22 0.117 0.0603 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Primary sclerosing cholangitis -0.276 0.151 0.0668 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Forced expiratory volume in 1-second (FEV1) 0.0164 0.00894 0.067 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 64 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

5 association rows across 5 traits (5 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
SLIT and NTRK-like protein 3 levels 3e-143 rs62282371 1 GCST90249567 no MR -> candidate analysis
SLIT and NTRK-like protein 3 levels (SLITRK3.10565.19.3) 2e-49 rs398062996 1 GCST90242836 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein SLITRK3 4e-31 rs62282368 1 GCST90086345 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 4e-19 rs62282371 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 2 protein 6e-10 rs62282368 1 GCST90442203 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 67 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
Intellectual disability 0.547 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
premature birth 0.419 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
acquired polycythemia vera 0.331 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
myeloproliferative disorder 0.261 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
intracranial hemorrhage 0.134 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
placenta praevia 0.062 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
colon carcinoma 0.054 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
placental abruption 0.054 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
vascular disorder 0.054 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
intestinal disorder 0.054 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
gastrointestinal disease 0.054 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
diaphragm disorder 0.053 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
drug allergy 0.041 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract 0.034 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
neuropathy 0.033 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=1, LOEUF=0.382 — LoF-INTOLERANT
GWAS Catalog 74 unique SNPs / 89 rows
ClinVar 135 records; 1 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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