VEGFB and sarcoidosis: Lastly, to mitigate bias from horizontal pleiotropy, we utilized “Phenoscanner” and “LDlink” to identify significant associations (P < 5 × 10–8) between rs660442 and rs2278236—cis-pQTLs for VEGFB and ANGPTL4, respectively—and phenotypes potentially linked to sarcoidosis.