CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — SMPD1 (Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase)

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 0.797 0.268 0.00296 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: basal cell carcinoma 0.186 0.0788 0.018 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: K57 Diverticular disease of intestine -0.18 0.0766 0.0187 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Heel bone mineral density (BMD) T-score automated 0.0271 0.0117 0.0204 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Thyroid cancer 0.738 0.348 0.0339 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: C50 Malignant neoplasm of breast -0.169 0.0843 0.0444 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Sodium in urine -0.0176 0.00888 0.047 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Putamen volume 49.9 26.3 0.0579 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Forced expiratory volume in 1-second (FEV1) -0.0144 0.00781 0.0654 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: arthritis (nos) 0.164 0.089 0.0655 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cough on most days -0.0922 0.0509 0.07 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Systolic blood pressure automated reading -0.0164 0.00924 0.0752 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 67 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

33 association rows across 17 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
PLA2G15/SMPD1 protein level ratio 2e-971 rs1050239 1 GCST90315662 no MR -> candidate analysis
CTSZ/SMPD1 protein level ratio 7e-897 rs1050239 1 GCST90314321 no MR -> candidate analysis
CTSF/SMPD1 protein level ratio 1e-848 rs1050239 1 GCST90314315 no MR -> candidate analysis
Circulating SMPD1 levels 1e-631 rs1050228 7 GCST90859673 no MR -> candidate analysis
HYAL1/SMPD1 protein level ratio 5e-260 rs2101469 1 GCST90315100 no MR -> candidate analysis
Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase levels 2e-141 rs1050239 4 GCST90246600 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein SMPD1 8e-71 rs1050239 1 GCST90086460 no MR -> candidate analysis
SMPD1 protein levels 9e-70 rs142787001 6 GCST90470684 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 2e-31 rs1050239 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid protein SMPD1 levels 4e-16 rs1050239 1 GCST90944583 no MR -> candidate analysis
Restless legs syndrome 4e-16 rs10839553 1 GCST90432061 no MR -> candidate analysis
Neurological blood protein biomarker levels 4e-13 rs1050239 1 GCST008478 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 5 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 1997 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
Niemann-Pick disease type A 0.949 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Niemann-Pick disease type B 0.951 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Niemann-Pick disease 0.939 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
acid sphingomyelinase deficiency 0.85 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
lysosomal storage disease 0.438 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
hereditary disease 0.773 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 0.699 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Intellectual disability 0.63 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 6A 0.547 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Abnormality of metabolism/homeostasis 0.438 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
Gaucher disease 0.182 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
nephrotic syndrome 0.115 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
male reproductive organ cancer 0.115 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 13 rows above, 13 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 (Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase)
gnomAD constraint pLI=1.1e-15, LOEUF=1.21 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 66 unique SNPs / 132 rows
ClinVar 1224 records; 15 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx no annotations

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