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SynthesisRespiratory research2024

Causal relationships of metabolites with allergic diseases: a trans-ethnic Mendelian randomization study.

Junhao Tu, Jinyang Wen, Qing Luo, Xin Li, Deyun Wang, Jing Ye

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Synthesis in Respiratory research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Junhao TuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Jinyang WenDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Qing LuoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Xin LiJiangxi Medicine Academy of Nutrition and Health Management, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Deyun WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore. entwdy@nus.edu.sg.
Jing YeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. yjholly@ncu.edu.cn.
Jiangxi Academy of Sciences · CNNanchang University · CNNational University Health System · SGNational University of Singapore · SGTongji Hospital · CN

Funding

Central Funds Guiding the Local Science and Technology Development 20221ZDG020066Jiangxi Nutrition and Health Management Medical Research Institute Cultivation Project 2022-PYXM-05National Natural Science Foundation of China 81860182,82360219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllergic diseases exert a considerable impact on global health, thus necessitating investigations into their etiology and pathophysiology for devising effective prevention and treatment strategies. This study employs a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis and meta-analysis to identify metabolite targets potentially associated with allergic diseases.

methodsA two-sample MR analysis was conducted to explore potential causal relationships between circulating and urinary metabolites and allergic diseases. Exposures were derived from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 486 circulating metabolites and a GWAS of 55 targeted urinary metabolites. Outcome data for allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), allergic rhinitis (AR), and asthma, were obtained from the FinnGen biobank in Europe (cohort 1) and the Biobank Japan in Asia (cohort 2). MR results from both cohorts were combined using a meta-analysis.

resultsMR analysis identified 50 circulating metabolites and 6 urinary metabolites in cohort 1 and 54 circulating metabolites and 2 urinary metabolites in cohort 2 as potentially causally related to allergic diseases. A meta-analysis of the MR results revealed stearoylcarnitine (OR 8.654; 95% CI 4.399-17.025; P = 4.06E-10) and 1-arachidonoylglycerophosphoinositol (OR 2.178; 95% CI 1.388-3.419; P = 7.15E-04) as the most reliable causal circulating metabolites for asthma and AR, respectively. Further, histidine (OR 0.734; 95% CI: 0.594-0.907; P = 0.004), tyrosine (OR 0.601; 95% CI: 0.380-0.952; P = 0.030), and alanine (OR 0.280; 95% CI: 0.125-0.628; P = 0.002) emerged as urinary metabolites with the greatest protective effects against asthma, AD, and AR, respectively.

conclusionsImbalances in numerous circulating and urinary metabolites may be implicated in the development and progression of allergic diseases. These findings have significant implications for the development of targeted strategies for the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases.

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AsthmaRhinitis, AllergicAlanineGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisAlanineAllergic diseasesAllergic rhinitisAsthmaMendelian randomizationMetabolites

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PMID38378549
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