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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Circulating levels of cytokines and risk of cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study.

Tao Wei, Zhanfang Zhu, Lin Liu, Bo Liu, Min Wu, Wei Zhang, Qianwei Cui, Fuqiang Liu, Ronghuai Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tao WeiDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Zhanfang ZhuDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Lin LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Bo LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Min WuShaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immune Diseases, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Qianwei CuiDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Fuqiang LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Ronghuai ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital · CNShanxi Medical University · CNShaanxi Provincial People's Hospital · CNXi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Epidemiological studies have linked various circulating cytokines to cardiovascular disease (CVD), which however remains uncertain whether these relationships represent causality or are due to bias. To address this question, we conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to systematically investigate the causal effects of circulating cytokine levels on CVD development. Methods: This study leveraged the summary statistic from respective genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 47 cytokines and four types of CVD. The Results: The results of inverse-variance weighted method using Conclusion: The present study provides supportive evidence that genetic predisposition to levels of certain cytokines causally affects the development of specific type of CVD. These findings have important implications for the creation of novel therapeutic strategies targeting these cytokines as a means of preventing and treating CVD.

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Atrial FibrillationCardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart FailureGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization Analysiscardiovascular diseasecirculating cytokinescis-quantitative trait locusEuropeanMendelian randomization

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PMID37304261
PMCPMC10247976
OpenAlexW4378232771

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